Investing the Learning Technologies

1) The topic of this essay is

• A. the River Valley and technology.

  
  

• B. how useful technology can be.

  
  

• C. technology and education.

  
  

• D. some ways technology can be used in the classrooms.

  
  

2) The author of this essay argues that

• A. technology should be used in schools

  
  

• B. the old computers at the River Valley should be replaced with new ones.

  
  

• C. there are many ways to use computers in the classrooms

  
  

• D. funding should be raised to buy new computers for the River Valley school.

  
  

3) The main point of paragraph [2] is

• A. teachers and students can monitor progress thanks to technology

  
  

• B. teachers have a lot of difficulties creating materials to meet individual students' needs.

  
  

• C. technology can cater to individual learners needs.

  
  

• D. the Belvedere system is useful

  
  

4) In paragraph [3], which of the following statement is true?

• A. This paragraph shares the same topic sentence with paragraph [2].

  
  

• B. The topic sentence is written in the first sentence of the paragraph.

  
  

• C. The topic sentence is written in the last sentence of the paragraph.

  
  

• D. This paragraph has a topic sentence at the beginning and a concluding sentence at the end of it

  
  

5) In paragraph [3], the Peabody Learning Lab was used to

• A. present an argument

  
  

• B. to explain.

  
  

• C. provide supporting evidence.

  
  

• D. demonstrate.

  
  

6) In paragraph [4], Slavin's idea was

• A. quoted

  
  

• B. paraphrased

  
  

• C. quoted and paraphrased.

  
  

7) In the following sentence in paragraph [4], the writer avoids plagiarism by.

For example. simply writing in a word processor instead of with paper and pencil has been shown to increase the amount that students write and revise, and make students more proud of their work (Slavin, 2003).

• A. introducing the author

  
  

• B. giving credit to source

  
  

• C. quoting and giving credit to source

  
  

• D. quoting an author

  
  

8) The purpose of paragraph (5) is

• A. to show that technology can be used to solve real-world problems

  
  

• B. to demonstrate how useful the Global Lab is

  
  

• C. to provide another supporting idea to support the thesis statement.

  
  

• D. to present a counterargument

  
  

9) Of the three in-text citations, which of the following were appropriately cited according to MLA Style?

• A. (Bransford, Brown, and Cocking, 1999)

  
  

• B. (Slavin, 2003)

  
  

• C. None of the citations were appropriately cited

  
  

• D. (Blasewitz and Taylor, 1999)

  
  

• E. All of the citations were appropriately cited

  
  

10) What can be said about the references in the Works Cited section?

• A. all sources are inappropriately referenced according to MLA Style.

  
  

• B. all sources are appropriately referenced according to MLA Style.

  
  

• C. some sources are inappropriately referenced but some are appropriately referenced according to MLA Style.