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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:
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
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wrong answer explanation
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:
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
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wrong answer explanation
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:
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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D
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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:
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
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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:
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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F
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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:
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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2
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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:
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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G
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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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