Jennie's reading abilities were below grade level in Kindergarten. Suddenly, she experienced a cognitive spurt and her reading abilities were at grade level by first grade. Researchers studying such growth by examining the same children over time are using which method?
a. longitudinal
b. cross-sectional
c. cross-sequential
d. microgenic
Ans: a
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