Some reforms based on a report by the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development (1989) have taken place in middle schools. These reforms include __________.
A. grouping students together in several classes
B. eliminating mentors
C. forming expanded learning communities consisting of hundreds of students
D. ending the practice of team-teaching
Answer: A
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A. comparative B. single C. sampling D. observational
When creating an operational definition, care should be taken to ____
a. maximize face validity, even if at the costs of other types of validity b. avoid leaving out important components of the construct c. improve reliability by including components that are not part of the construct d. measure just one aspect of the construct, leaving the others for later
Regarding handedness, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Handedness is directly inherited, like eye color and skin color. b. Handedness is influenced by a single gene on the X chromosome. c. Learning, birth traumas, and social pressure to use the right hand can affect which hand one ends up favoring. d. Left-handedness is more common in males than in females.
At the Clinton Correctional facility, a prisoner named Leonard Strickland, who was diagnosed with __________ was beaten to death by guards.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).