Of the following, which is one of the controversies surrounding use of word processing in schools?

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• 1. 

  What are some good reasons for choosing software productivity tools over non-software tools?

• 2. 

  Summarize research findings about how word processing affects students' writing ability.

• 3. 

  Though different in some characteristics, software suites and integrated packages are essentially identical in structure.

  • A. 

    True

  • B. 

    False

• 4. 

  Teachers often use spreadsheets to keep and calculate grades.

  • A. 

    True

  • B. 

    False

• 5. 

  Research findings indicate that word processed compositions tend to receive higher grades than handwritten ones.

  • A. 

    True

  • B. 

    False

• 6. 

  Teachers primarily use spreadsheets to help teach mathematical topics.

  • A. 

    True

  • B. 

    False

• 7. 

  Research clearly shows that students who use word processing software progress faster in development of writing skills than students who do not.

  • A. 

    True

  • B. 

    False

• 8. 

  Teaching students the concepts behind organizing and searching for information could be done well with a database activity.

  • A. 

    True

  • B. 

    False

• 9. 

  Web-based software tools allow file sharing between multiple users.

  • A. 

    True

  • B. 

    False

• 10. 

  A limitation of the "Basic Three" software tools is a lack of web-enabled features.

  • A. 

    True

  • B. 

    False

• 11. 

  This is one of the few controversies surrounding use of word processing.  

  • A. 

    How fast students' 10-finger keyboarding should be at each grade level

  • B. 

    If 10-finger keyboarding is more important in language arts than other areas

  • C. 

    At what grade 10-finger keyboarding instruction should begin

  • D. 

    Whether or not 10-finger keyboarding should be taught at all

• 12. 

  What has been a proposed strategy for making sure that students' word-processed compositions are not graded differently than written ones?  

  • A. 

    Collect data on the degree of the discrepancy and do a statistical adjustment

  • B. 

    Have all students do hand-written compositions when they will be graded

  • C. 

    Establish rating guidelines and train the raters better before they grade papers

  • D. 

    Have all students use word processed compositions when they will be graded

• 13. 

  These are used to store data that have been pulled from several databases into a central collection.  

  • A. 

    Relational database

  • B. 

    Merged database

  • C. 

    Data warehouses

  • D. 

    Data mines

• 14. 

  This software is sometimes credited with starting the "microcomputer revolution," since it was the first software package available for home computers.  

  • A. 

    Word processing

  • B. 

    Spreadsheet

  • C. 

    Database

  • D. 

    Desktop publishing

• 15. 

  What is the term for a location in a database for entering a single item of information?  

  • A. 

    Cell

  • B. 

    Row

  • C. 

    Field

  • D. 

    Record

• 16. 

  This is an important kind of relative advantage of using spreadsheets in education.  

  • A. 

    Helping students understand the power of "information pictures"

  • B. 

    Allowing comparisons of information through information searches

  • C. 

    Helping students ask "what if?" questions about numerical data

  • D. 

    Reducing the amount of numerical data needed for each student

• 17. 

  This software is perceived to have had the greatest impact on education and is the most commonly used in education.  

  • A. 

    Database

  • B. 

    Spreadsheet

  • C. 

    Desktop publishing

  • D. 

    Word processing

• 18. 

  An advantage of open-source software is:  

  • A. 

    It is immune to viruses

  • B. 

    It provides easy storage and sorting of documents online

  • C. 

    It can provide a free alternative to popular programs

  • D. 

    Its portable format makes it accessible and flexible

• 19. 

  What is it called when a company sells several separate software tools in the same package?software suite

• 20. 

  Which kind of software tool could help a teacher who is a club sponsor keep track of the club's budget?

• 21. 

  What is it called when the data in a database can be grouped by desired student characteristics?

• 22. 

  What is it called when data are collected from all the information available and searched in a database to see relationships among the data elements?

• 23. 

  What is the name for the location for storing one item of information in a spreadsheet?

• 24. 

  This newer, more portable format makes software tools even more easily accessible and flexible to use for both teachers and students.

• 25. 

  This is an example of free web-based software for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.

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