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- A
- The proposed basic and prototype research activities are essential
- to the realization of the potential of computer and cognitive
- technologies for education. However, fruitful implementation of this
- research will not be easy.
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- 1. According to the author, all of the following are true except:
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- A. Basic research on educational use of computers will be required.
- B. Basic and prototype research cannot easily be applied to
- educational goals.
- C. Prototype research is a crucial element.
- D. The cognitive ability of the student limits the use of computer
- technology.
- E. Problems will arise in the implementation of research findings.
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- B
- Correct.
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- B
- (D) The cognitive ability of the student is not mentioned in the passage.
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- B
- The fundamental difficulty is that while progress in computer and
- other information technologies has been very rapid, systematic efforts
- to apply these technologies to education are in their infancy.
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- 1. The author suggests that:
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- A. Rapid technological progress may not be systematic.
- B. Technology has no place in education.
- C. The basic problem lies not with technology but with the
- organization of efforts at educational application.
- D. Educational research is more child-oriented than computer research.
- E. Information technology, still in its infancy, changes too fast to
- have practical application.
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- C
- Correct.
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- C
- (C) The author suggests the basic problem is the application of
- technology to education.
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- C
- All incentives for talented researchers and for private investment
- lie in directions with better economic support: office automation,
- integrated circuit design, and even arcade game production.
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- 1. Economic incentives:
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- A. affect what research is undertaken
- B. attract talented researchers to industry rather than to education
- C. are offered for arcade game development
- D. attract investment capital to integrated circuit design research
- E. all of the above
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- e
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- D
- Correct.
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- D
- (E) Economic incentives attract talented researchers and capital to
- industrial applications.
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- D
- Public schools are presently beset by financial difficulties, as are
- universities. Both hear most clearly the demands from traditional cost
- centers.
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- 1. "Traditional cost centers" refers to:
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- A. taxpayers who object to increased school spending
- B. conservative school boards
- C. the usual categories of the educational budget
- D. public funding of education
- E. industry
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- E
- Correct.
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- E
- (C) "Traditional cost centers" refers to the normal types of expenses
- incurred by schools and universities.
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- E
- Many school systems and many university researchers will respond
- to any call for proposals to do the work that is needed. However, few
- will have the specific talents needed to pursue the work that must be
- done.
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- 1. The author implies that:
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- A. Scholarly research policies are too conservative to address the
- problems of computers in education.
- B. Educational researchers are not intelligent enough to understand
- computer technology.
- C. The necessary research requires special training and abilities.
- D. Both B and C
- E. None of the above
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- c
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- F
- Correct.
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- F
- (C) Since few have the specific talents needed, we infer that the
- research requires special training and abilities.
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- F
- If the Federal goal is to realize the full potential of computers
- in schools, great care will be needed to assure that requests for
- proposals attract the best available computer experts, cognitive
- scientists, and educational specialists.
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- 1. The best title for this article as a whole would be:
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- A. Education vs. Industry
- B. Problems in Research for Computers in Education
- C. The Potential of the Computer in Education
- D. Fundamental Difficulties of Education Technology
- E. Federal Funding of Educational Research
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- b
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- 2
- Correct.
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- (B) All of the passages deal with the problems in implementing research
- on computers in education.
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- 2. According to the author, the main problem for educational computer
- applications is:
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- A. manpower problems caused by lack of adequate funding
- B. that most schools today can't afford computers
- C. invalid technological research
- D. that computer experts can handle computer applications better
- than cognitive scientists
- E. that it is not a Federal responsibility to realize the educational
- potential of computers
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- a
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- G
- Correct.
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- G
- (A) The author feels economic incentives are necessary to attract the
- best experts of computer applications in education.
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