Students with low scores on a commercial reading achievement test were used in a study designed to determine the effectiveness of a new method of teaching fifth-grade reading. There were no other control or comparison groups. It was found that the students' test scores improved over the following six-month period. The conclusion that the new method was effective with the low-scoring group is unjustified due to other possible factors or influences. Identify the most significant of such factors or influences in this experiment.
A. reactive effects of the experimental procedures
B. regression threat
C. contemporary history
D. pretesting procedures
Answer: B
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The founding of land-grant colleges was made possible by which of the following legislative acts?
a. The Northwest Ordinance (1787) b. National Defense Education Act (1958) c. The Morrill Act of 1862 d. The Morrill Act of 1890
According to the text, part of the purpose of teaching is to:
a. find a way to keep children happy 100% of the time. b. help children extend their repertoires of adaptive coping responses. c. help children understand that life's ever-changing circumstances will never be easy. d. understand that withdrawal and regression are inappropriate responses to life's difficulties.
Functional behavior assessments should be part of
a. active strategies. b. proactive strategies. c. reactive strategies. d. reflective strategies.
Sometimes children misbehave because they don't know what else to do
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.