A researcher carries out a study of memory strategies. She has all participants get three different memory strategies to use to learn lists of 20 words. She discovers that after she gives participants Strategy A to use, they have difficulty using strategies B and C. The problem of Strategy A influencing Strategy B and C performance suggests that one problem with the study is:
a. A carryover effect
b. An order effect
c. Random assignment
d. Random sequencing effect
Ans: a
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A. maintaining the child’s attention on tasks. B. putting children in time out. C. improving behavior. D. teaching organizational skills.
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a. competency testing for both teachers and students. b. classroom dialogues designed to build a person's self-concept by enabling him or her to make significant choices. c. instruction organized around solving society's problems by applying the scientific method. d. instruction using language analysis to clarify communication and to establish meaning.
Under PL 94-142 Congress set a goal to fund the mandate at 40% of the cost to educate children with disabilities. As of 2009, the actual funding level is at
a. About 5% of the original goal. b. About 17% of the original goal. c. About 52% of the original goal. d. About 97% of the original goal.
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a. holds parents’ nights and meetings. b. communicates with families and parents. c. provides information to parents and families. d. works together with families and parents.