Pre-Assessment (Validity, Credibility, Relevance, Accuracy, VP)

____refers to correctness of information.

• Validity

• Relevance

• Adequacy

• Accuracy

It refers to usefulness or importance of information based on present needs.

• Relevance

• Accuracy

• Validity

• Adequacy

It refers to the credibility of an information

• Accuracy

• Validity

• Relevance

• Adequacy

This characteristic refers to the choosing and using of the best source of information and best procedures in research...

• Credibility

• Accuracy

• Reliability

• Validity

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A short story about a boy who never cleans his room and the horrible mess that accumulates and the stench that wafts out of the room when the door is opened

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A five-paragraph essay in which the author attempts to convince readers to recycle more and to be less wasteful

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

What is the author's purpose for writing the following?

A bookmark with facts about garbage, such as the average weight of garbage created each year by each individual and the height and width of the largest pile of garbage in a particular community

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

I wonder who made gym class mandatory? He was a great guy! It is a welcome break from sitting in chairs. In a recent poll, gym class was the favorite subject of elementary students. I wish there was gym class more often!

What’s the author's viewpoint about gym class?

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

Many people don’t like bees. However, without these helpful insects, we would not have many of our favorite flowers or fruits. When bees drink nectar from flowers, they carry away pollen. Bees leave the pollen on the next plant they visit. This helps create necessary new plants.

What is the author’s viewpoint about bees?

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

Many cities have aquariums that have adopted orphaned dolphins found in the ocean. Many of these dolphins

were wounded and would not have survived alone. Because of the kindness of humans, these animals are alive today.

What is the author’s viewpoint on people’s relationship with dolphins?

• People hurt dolphins.

• People help dolphins.

• People don't care about dolphins.

• The passage isn't about dolphins.