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Worksheet time: 31mins
How can project proponents determine the scale of their project?
a. By scaling costs to budgetary guidelines
b. By determining project timelines
c. By developing a detailed budget plan
d. By assessing and synthesizing findings
How did the paragraph sketch in Idea Sketch 1 come about?
a. It was found in an archive
b. It was randomly selected
c. It was the result of a conversation
d. It was developed by one person
How do sketches make the idea development process easier?
a. They allow for easy revision and realignment
b. They reduce the length of a chapter
c. They make the process enjoyable
d. They encourage critical analysis
What did the professor do to estimate cost and scale for the idea originators and subscribers?
a. Provided dollar support for the originators
b. Provided small grants for implementation
c. Considered ways to organize support for both groups
d. Developed a method for cost estimation
What is one possible way to conduct the aforementioned project?
a. In a single small district only
b. In both a private school system and a public school system
c. In a public school system only
d. In a private school system only
What is one variation on the thinking factory theme proposed in the text?
a. A breakout of the types of books and other printed materials that would work best with one or another preservation approach
b. A course of study for undergraduate or graduate students
c. A joint proposal with a business school to develop a self-sustaining enterprise
d. A preservation approach for printed materials
What is output of Idea Sketch 2?
a. A course of study for undergraduate or graduate students
b. A thinking factory
c. A preservation approach for printed materials
d. An archive in a course that burrows deep into its subject matter
What is the benefit of focusing on the motivations and teaching styles of teachers in relation to project adoption?
a. It increases the number of project subscribers
b. It helps to reduce the cost of projects
c. It allows for more intrinsic and nonmonetary rewards
d. It improves the quality of classroom ideas
What is the benefit of mixing and matching attainable outcomes and their costs?
a. To determine project timelines
b. To assess and synthesize findings
c. To land on a feasible alternative as a starting point for further discussion
d. To finalize the project idea
What is the benefit of providing small grants to aid implementation of new classroom ideas?
a. It allows for more intrinsic and nonmonetary rewards
b. It increases the number of project subscribers
c. It supports idea subscribers (both adopters and adapters)
d. It reduces the cost of projects
What is the benefit of using sketches in idea development?
a. They are difficult to transport
b. They are easily transportable and easily inflected
c. They are impossible to revise
d. They are hard to understand
What is the benefit of using sketches in the idea development process?
a. They increase the number of project subscribers
b. They improve the quality of classroom ideas
c. They reduce the cost of projects
d. They make the process more enjoyable
What is the benefit of working on sketches during the gestation stage of idea development?
a. They are difficult to transport
b. They are not helpful during the gestation stage
c. They are easily inflected
d. They are hard to revise
What is the difference between the two history teachers mentioned in the text?
a. One is a librarian, while the other is a teacher.
b. One ties everything into original source documents, while the other would ask students to pursue themes.
c. One uses only the archival approach, while the other would use eclectic sources including the Internet.
d. One teaches 20th-century American history, while the other teaches 19th-century American history.
What is the estimated cost of a recognition ceremony?
a. $100 to $300
b. The text does not provide the estimated cost of a recognition ceremony
c. $80,000 a year
d. $2,000 to $3,000
What is the focus of the knowledge-oriented alternatives mentioned in the text?
a. The contributions to historiography.
b. The use of sources and materials.
c. The differences in emphases and conclusions.
d. The methodology of teaching history.
What is the importance of a good example?
a. It has some value
b. It has great value
c. It has no value
d. It has little value
What is the librarian-teacher's alternative approach to teaching history in Idea Sketch 1?
a. Ignoring history altogether
b. Developing a program to teach science
c. Developing a program to teach math
d. Concentrating on a particular subject and linking it to language skills
What is the outcome of the experiment conducted by the two history teachers?
a. A pedagogical paper designed to sensitize other faculty in other schools to their findings.
. A topic-based discussion that speaks directly to the inclusions and omissions of differing modes of historical inquiry.
c. A coordinated teaching approach.
d. A methodology formulated to make a contribution to historiography.
What is the purpose of offering variations on an idea in Idea Sketch?
a. To discourage collaboration
b. To allow for easy revision and development
c. To confuse the reader
d. To show off different ideas
What is the purpose of specifying both outputs and outcomes?
a. To distinguish between necessary and optional project components
b. To assess the potential impact of the project
c. All of the above
d. To evaluate the project proposal
What is the role of the principal investigator in a project?
a. To focus on outcomes
b. All of the above
c. To develop outputs
d. To evaluate the project proposal
What is the significance of colleagues working together on a notion in progress?
a. They are likely to be unsuccessful
b. They are likely to give up easily
c. They are likely to become confused
d. They are likely to find success
What is the ultimate goal of the thinking factory project?
a. All of the above
b. To maintain a keen research and development edge
c. To ensure sufficient demand to warrant bringing a full-scale thinking factory on line
d. To generate a profit for the nonprofit organization
What is the value of a good example, according to the text?
a. It represents the product of individual development.
b. It is hard to achieve clarity and simplicity.
c. It is based on shared ideas and experiences.
d. It is easy to work with and revise.
What was the critical addition made by the two self-motivated teachers to the superintendent’s idea?
a. Highlighting teaching that worked well for students
b. Disseminating teaching approaches
c. Including parents from the start
d. Engaging community interest and enthusiasm
Why is the joint discussion of outputs, outcomes, and costs valuable?
a. It determines project timelines
b. It helps assess and synthesize findings
c. It helps finalize the project idea
d. It provides a better understanding of the relationship between costs and outcomes
.What is the purpose of using the discipline of a sketched-in timeline, budget, and budget justification in elaborating an idea further?
a. To produce a solid position to write an abstract
b. To estimate the costs and demands on those engaged in the proposed project
c. To introduce precision and rigor to the idea
d. To set the tone for the idea's development
Why is enthusiasm for an idea important in a project proposal?
a. It persuades others that the proposal is workable and worthwhile.
b. It ensures a mature and reasoned outcome.
c. It generates resources.
d. It helps sustain staff interest and commitment.
What is the benefit of a solid idea in a project proposal?
a. It helps in implementing the project.
b. It makes the project grantworthy.
c. It ensures a mature and reasoned outcome.
d. It brings fluidity to the project.
How can we gestate a solid idea for a project proposal?
a. By sharing joy in their development.
b. By sustaining staff interest and commitment.
c. By generating resources.
d. By implementing the project.
What is the source of a project's contribution?
a. The project's staff interest and commitment.
b. The use of scarce resources.
c. The core idea.
d. The enthusiasm generated by the idea.
What is the significance of capturing an idea in clear language?
a. It makes the proposal grantworthy.
b. It ensures a mature and reasoned outcome.
c. It generates enthusiasm.
d. It guides us toward the potential contribution.
What is the importance of an idea in sustaining staff interest and commitment in a project?
a. It brings fluidity to the project.
b. It generates resources.
c. It reminds staff of the high purposes they are pursuing.
d. It ensures a mature and reasoned outcome.
Which of the following is NOT an essential component for producing an idea that can contribute to furthering knowledge, producing useful excitement, and sustaining staff effort?
a. Support
b. Structure
c. Execution
d. Interplay
According to the text, what is the "mitdasein"?
a. The nature and scale of a proposed project
b. A type of critique and reflection
c. The shared context in which ideas are developed through interplay
d. A German existentialist
What does interplay set the tone for in developing an idea?
a. Positive and promising aspects
b. Outputs and outcomes
c. Clarity and élan
d. Precision and rigor
What produces support in the multistep relationship between an idea and support?
a. Critique
b. Precision and rigor
c. Interplay
d. Structure
When should an idea be introduced to critique, deconstruction, and reflection?
a. Only after the idea has become a fairly robust idea
b. At the very beginning of the idea's development
c. Before interplay, support, and structure have strengthened the idea
d. After the idea has been fully implemented
According to the text, what is the importance of seeking the advice, expertise, and opinion of valued colleagues and close friends even if a researcher prefers working alone?
a. To avoid impeding progress
b. To serve as peer reviewers who can offer trusted insight and meaningful perspective
c. To ensure the idea is not just the researcher's alone
d. To produce a solid position to elaborate the idea
What is the fourth step in elaborating an idea further after having all three sketches in hand?
a. Precision and rigor
b. Writing an abstract
c. Interplay
d. Critique and reflection
What are the three sketches needed to be in a solid position to elaborate an idea further?
a. Outputs and outcomes, budget, budget justification
b. Idea, outputs and outcomes, costs and demands
c. Idea, outputs and outcomes, budget
d. Idea, budget, budget justification
What is the starting point in proposal development?
a. The required format
b. The major strength of the proposer's idea
c. The method and timetable
d. The proposed budget
According to the text, what is the benefit of starting with a good idea in proposal development?
a. The idea becomes more general and encompassing
b. Both the proposer and the idea mature during the process
c. The idea becomes more specific and palpable
c. The idea becomes more specific and palpable
d. The proposer becomes more self-aware and cognizant of the work of others
How does the book differ from conventional wisdom in proposal development?
a. It prioritizes the development of the person and ideas, not just the proposal
b. It focuses on presenting the idea in the required format
c. It highlights the importance of staffing and other budgetary needs
d. It emphasizes the need for a budgeted and evaluated effort
What is the importance of being clear in proposal development?
a. To ensure the project progresses from a rounded idea to a budgeted and evaluated effort
b. To develop an appropriate treatment for each proposal topic
c. To be mindful of required resources
d. To entertain alternatives systematically
What needs clarity in proposal development as an integrated initiative?
a. The essence of the idea and its context, staffing needs, and budgetary needs
b. The description of methods and proposed activities, budgetary needs, and staffing needs
c. The essence of the idea and its context, the description of methods and proposed activities, and staffing needs
d. The essence of the idea and its context, the description of methods and proposed activities, and budgetary and program-related needs
How does a sketch aid in reformulating ideas during project development?
a. It aids in the pursuit of staffing and other budgetary needs
b. It easily alters the formulation and definition of a project
c. It seeks rigor and precision over time
d. It entertains alternatives systematically
What is the purpose of revisiting the idea from the vantage of staffing and other budgetary and program-related needs?
a. To be mindful of required resources
b. To develop a more general and encompassing idea
c. To ensure the project progresses from a rounded idea to a budgeted and evaluated effort
d. To develop an appropriate treatment for each proposal topic
What is the benefit of paying attention to project choices and alternatives in proposal development?
a. It helps the proposer become more self-aware and cognizant of the work of others
b. It ensures the project progresses from a rounded idea to a budgeted and evaluated effort
c. It helps to systematically entertain alternatives during the formulation and definition of a project
d. It aids in the pursuit of staffing and other budgetary needs
What is the common approach to proposal development in the literature?
a. Prioritizing staffing and other budgetary needs
b. Focusing on presenting the idea in the required format
c. Emphasizing the need to start with a good idea
d. Developing the proposal, not the person and ideas
What is the importance of being clear at several levels of abstraction in proposal development?
a. To develop an appropriate treatment for each proposal topic
b. To develop a more general and encompassing idea
c. To be mindful of required resources
d. To ensure the project progresses from a rounded idea to a budgeted and evaluated effort
What is the main approach to drafting a research proposal?
a. Achieve rigor in stages; achieve precision in steps
b. Begin with funding, then move to the writing of the proposal, and finally develop an idea
c. Begin with an idea, then address funding, then turn to the writing of the proposal itself
d. Achieve rigor and precision simultaneously
What is the purpose of producing sketches of the idea in the first step of proposal development?
a. To get feedback from others
b. To estimate project costs
c. To clarify the core idea
d. To determine the timeline
What is the purpose of the literature review section in a research proposal?
a. To explain your idea in more detail
b. To show your familiarity with the academic literature
c. To discuss the project timeline
d. To bring your idea right up against the work of others
What is the purpose of the methods section in a research proposal?
a. To discuss the project timeline
b. To explain the core idea in more detail
c. To explain how you will carry out the research
d. To discuss the project costs
What is the purpose of the products section in a research proposal?
a. To discuss the project costs
b. To explain what the immediate outputs and longer-term outcomes of the research will be
c. To explain the core idea in more detail
d. To explain the project timeline
What is the second step in proposal development?
a. Producing sketches of the idea
b. Writing the proposal proper
c. Developing the idea
d. Considering the resources and interests of funders who think programmatically about topics
What is the target audience of this book according to the text?
a. Graduate students in general
b. Doctoral and postdoctoral students and research faculty
c. Undergraduate students
d. High school students
What should be included in the activities section of a research proposal?
a. An explanation of the project timeline
b. A discussion of the work of others
c. An explanation of how the research will be carried out
d. A discussion of the project costs
What should you focus on in the context of your idea section of a research proposal?
a. The benefits to practice or knowledge
b. The work of others
c. The project timeline
d. The project costs
