National Science Foundation grants

 National Science Foundation grants

correlation

 

·         a relationship between two variables

 

grant

 

·         financial support that does not need to be repaid

 

population

 

·         in statistics, the size of the data set to be analyzed

 

statistics

 

·         a method for collecting and interpreting numerical data

 

educational standards

 

·         sets of benchmarks used to evaluate student performance

 

What can people contemplating teaching as a career conclude based on the information about school gardens at the beginning of the lesson?

 

·         Learning is about more than completing worksheets at a desk.

 

A study has found, among 100 students at a school, that enrollment in drama classes is correlated with high rates of participation in social-service projects. What can we conclude from this correlation for this population?

·         Neither of the above.

 

You are a middle-school science teacher. You've noticed a dip in performance when it comes time for the unit on electricity. You are trying to identify which students have trouble with this unit, and why. You have compiled the chart below, which shows performance statistics using two variables: whether students are native English-speakers or not, and which type of activity they were assigned for practicing their skills.

what is the total population of students?

 

·         40

 

You are a middle-school science teacher. You've noticed a dip in performance when it comes time for the unit on electricity. You are trying to identify which students have trouble with this unit, and why. You have compiled the chart below, which shows performance statistics using two variables: whether students are native English-speakers or not, and which type of activity they were assigned for practicing their skills.

What conclusions can you reach based on this data set? (Select all that apply.)

 

-       The students demonstrating the same level of mastery regardless of the project they were assigned are all native English-speakers.
- English-language learners who have been assigned the presentation do significantly worse than other groups.

 

You are observing your students during a guided practice activity in the computer lab. The computer program allows you to see their performance results as they work through the activity. You can see that, of your 32 students, 28 are performing at 90 percent or better. When you look around the lab at your class, you observe that students are leaning on their elbows, with sleepy eyes and without smiles.

What does the qualitative data you are collecting tell you?

 

·         Most students are disengaged, perhaps bored.

 

You are observing your students during a guided practice activity in the computer lab. The computer program allows you to see their performance results as they work through the activity. You can see that, of your 35 students, 32 are performing at 90 percent or better. When you look around the lab at your class, you observe that students are leaning on their elbows, with sleepy eyes and without smiles.

What does the quantitative data you are collecting tell you?

 

·         Most students are showing high mastery of the subject matter.

 

Match the type of funding source with the type of project that source is generally most interested in.

 

-       National Science Foundation grants: Ideas in the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
- State and federal departments of education grants: Ideas for large projects that can withstand a complicated application process
- Corporate grants: Ideas that are relevant to a specific business or industry
- Family foundation grants: innovative new ideas, often for low- performing schools

 

Read this portion of a grant application:We anticipate a cost of $300 for paint and primer, $80 for paper and pencils for sketches, and $1,200 for an after-school teacher-artist to work with our students three times a week for duration of the project.

Which section of the grant does this mostly likely belong in?

·         outline a budget

 

 

Read this portion of a grant application:In the years our school had a regular art program, detention rates averaged 25 percent, and suspension rates averaged 10 percent. In the two years since we have had to discontinue our art program, detention rates have shot up to 40 percent, and suspension rates to 20 percent for each of those two years.

Which section of the grant does this mostly likely belong in?

 

·         identify the problem?

 

Foundations and other agencies that give grants are more interested in ideas than trivial details, so the format of your grant application is unimportant.

 

·         false