Technology Quiz

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A first-grade teacher accompanies his class to the school's computer lab three times a week for computer instruction. Which of the following is the most important educational principle that should be followed with regard to this program?

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Computer skills should be presented primarily in a drill-and-practice format to allow the most efficient use of time and resources.

Computer instruction should focus primarily on the skills and software of greatest interest to the majority of students in the class.

Computer classes should consist of skills lessons that are presented in a predetermined sequence at a standardized pace.

Computer skills should be taught primarily in the context of what students are learning in their regular classroom.

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Students in a third-grade class have been writing stories about animals for their library of student-made books. One student wants to download photos from a Web site on the Internet to illustrate her story. The teacher agrees and requests that the student identify the Web site beneath the pictures in her story. Which of the following is the most important reason for asking the student to do this?

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It will permit the teacher to verify the student's mastery of a specific learning objective in technology

It will facilitate the teacher's development of a catalog of useful and interesting Web sites.

It will enable other students who read her story to find that Web site readily.

It will promote the student's understanding of the importance of citing sources for her work.

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When planning how to implement computer instruction in a preschool classroom, the teacher should focus primarily on promoting children's:

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acquisition of computer skills at a relatively steady pace.

ability to create pleasing final products.

application of computer technology for practical purposes.

exploration of the computer's uses and capabilities.

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Teachers on a middle school teaching team are planning to have their students prepare multimedia presentations as part of a multidisciplinary unit. The teachers want to ensure that the presentations are substantive and that students do not focus on the design of their presentations at the expense of content. The teachers could address this issue most effectively by taking which of the following steps before students begin work on their presentations?

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prompting students to work simultaneously on both the content and the design of their presentation

requiring students to submit a rough outline of the design and content of their proposed presentation

creating a list of unit-related topics from which students must select the subject of their presentation

working with students to develop a rubric that defines the relative importance of content and design features