PCFK - Research Foundations Pre-Assessment

A teacher has noticed that students in her math class are not performing well on her end of semester exam.  She suspects that their lack of interest in math is affecting their ability to perform.  She decides to integrate computerized math games into her curriculum and see if it has an impact on the end of semester exam scores. 

What is the objective of this research project?

• To generate knowledge 

• To determine the effectiveness of using gamification 

• To solve a local problem in her classroom 

• To determine if male and female students are equally impacted by gamification

What outcome of educational research is used to support a theory or concept?

• Proof

• Replication

• Bias

• Evidence

A researcher hypothesizes that kindergarten students can increase vocabulary retention by drawing pictures of new words learned.

Which research should be used to conduct this study?

• Descriptive research

• Basic research

• Evaluation research

• Orientational research

Carefully aligned strategies were developed for a reading intervention program after analyzing data from a series of surveys and experiments. At the conclusion of the program, 64% of participants were reported reading at or above grade level.

Which kind of research was implemented in this scenario?

• Evaluation research

• Basic research

• Case study research

• Correlational research

What is the purpose of evidence in research?

• Determine truths

• Support theories

• Prove practices

• Improve thinking

What is the purpose of a hypothesis in a quantitative study?

• It identifies the variables studied.

• It provides an educated guess about the relationship between variables studied.

• It offers a summary of a review of the literature on the topic studied.

• It is a description of the broad topic area studied.

Which major research approach is based on the assumption that objective truths exist in the world and can be discovered?

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

• Mixed methods

• Action

What are quantitative researchers primarily interested in examining?

• Perspectives

• Hypotheses

• Viewpoints

• Descriptions

What is one strength of quantitative research?

• Quantitative research is effective for exploring complex processes.

• Quantitative research can be used to test and validate existing theories.

• Quantitative research is sensitive to determining how participants interpret constructs.

• Quantitative research tracks how participants interpret constructs.

Researchers seeking to eliminate spider phobias among young children conducted a study in which each participant was presented with a live spider. Group A participants were asked to describe their emotional response to the spider. Group B participants were asked to describe the room they were in. All participants rated their fear of the spider on a scale from 1 to 100.

What is the dependent variable in this study?

• The fear rating

• The live spider 

• The two groups 

• The scale from 1–100