Collaborative+Quiz+1+Discussion

Q1: For each of following general research topics, write a specific research question (see McMillan pp 39-44 for criteria for doing this): a) Integrating Web 2.0 Technologies into Secondary Education .      b)  Effective Online Learning Environments for ADHD Students.

Q2: For each of following questions, indicate why you think the question is researchable or not. If you think it is not researchable, rewrite the question so that it becomes a researchable question. a) Should mobile devices be allowed in classrooms?   b) What is the relationship between Teachers’ use of student response systems (i.e., “clickers”) and classroom attendance?

Q3: Identify the independent and dependent variables in the following research scenario by selecting the appropriate answer choice:  A researcher wants to investigate the effect of three different reading software programs on first graders' reading proficiency as measured by the New Reading Test. She also wants to see if SES (socioeconomic status) affects the reading proficiency scores. The dependent variable is   a. reading program. b. gender. c. socioeconomic status (SES). d. reading proficiency. The independent variables are a. reading program and grade level. b. gender and socioeconomic status (SES). c. SES and reading program. d. reading proficiency and SES. Q4: The following is an abstract from a research report: //This study was designed to compare the efficacy of two instructional methods, oral recitation and transcription, on the spelling accuracy of 3rd grade students from two different elementary schools. In the classroom that used oral recitation method, the students orally spelled the words presented by their teacher. In the other classroom that used the transcription method, students also spelled the words presented by their teacher except that they were required to write the word as they spelled it. Results showed that on average students achieved higher accuracy with the transcription method.// a) What is the independent variable?   b) What are the levels of the independent variable? c) How do you think spelling accuracy could be operationally defined?    d) What might be a confounding variable in this study?