Module+Eleven+Assignments

Assignment 11.1: Reading Assignment.
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Assignment 11.2: Reading Quiz
Each module begins with a Reading Quiz worth 50 points. This an opportunity to check their comprehension and understanding of the terms and concepts of the module we are studying. They can use the textbook website practice quiz and flashcards. Reviewing the PowerPoint slides help to understand the concepts. Questions from the Reading Quiz will likely show up on the module exam. Students can return to the quiz and retake it to help prepare for the exam. They receive a quiz grade with their first attempt. Quiz grades are worth 30% of their quarter and semester grade. Try some of the questions below to get an idea of what your student is being tested on. Remember this coursed is the equivalent to a college/university course. Simply click the arrow on the slide show to advance to the next slide. The answers will be revealed as you click through the slides. media type="custom" key="27302854"

==Assignment 11.2: Essay Wiki - Click here to view the Essay Wiki Assignment and Student Answers for Module Eleven. == As I mentioned in our previous newsletter a large part of the of the AP Exam in May testing the student's ability to respond to comprehensive free response questions. The free response section of the AP Psychology exam consists of two questions worth 33% of the total exam score. The questions may require students to interrelate different content areas and analyze and evaluate psychological concepts and/or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to use their analytical and organizational skills to formulate cogent answers in writing their essays. Therefore in each module students write collaboratively in an Essay Wiki to answer essay questions that simulate, in part, free response questions.This assignment is worth 60 coursework points. There are 100 course work points in this module and coursework points are worth 20% of the overall grade for the quarter.

Assignment 11.3: Free Response Question
This assignment is designed to give the student the opportunity to be able to respond to a question that is similar to the scope and depth of an AP free response question in a timed test environment. They are allowed to see the question so that they can do research before they attempt the assignment. They are not allowed to bring notes to the timed assignment. Below is the question the students have to respond to. They have twenty minutes to complete this assignment. Click here to see a sample of the actual questions students encountered on the 2013 exam. This assignment is worth 40 coursework points.

Assignment Question
**Part A:** Psychologists have long been interested in defining intelligence. Definitions of intelligence have had far-reaching implications on how children are educated. Discuss how the following psychologists define intelligence and identify at least one major contribution each of them made to the study of intelligence:


 * Alfred Binet
 * Lewis Terman
 * David Wechsler
 * Howard Gardner

**Part B:** Many colleges and universities use standardized tests as part of the admissions process for incoming students. The use of these tests is controversial, and psychologists research ways in which these tests both help and hurt students. Provide an argument either for or against the use of standardized tests in the admissions process using the following topics:


 * Achievement versus aptitude tests
 * Reliability and validity of standardized tests

Assignment 11.4: Module Nine
Now it is time for the student to show me what they know. They have 45 minutes to complete an exam over the contents of Module Ten. The exam is worth 60 exam points and exam points are worth 50% of the overall grade for the quarter. The exam is broken down into the following parts:
 * 50% of the exam will be a selection of randomly chosen multiple choice questions coming from the exam database for Module Nine.
 * 10% of the exam will come from the vocabulary found in Module Nine.
 * 20% (2 questions) will come from Wiki Essay Questions.
 * 20% of the exam will be a selection of randomly chosen multiple choice questions coming from the previous exams both this semester and last semester.