A school nurse wants to know if children's knowledge about nutrition increases over the course of the elementary years. To find out, she gives a test about nutrition to students in the first, third, and fifth grades. She then compares the test scores for the three grade levels. Which one of the following research designs does the nurse's study best reflect?

a. experimental design
b. longitudinal design
c. cross-sectional design
d. correlational design


C

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The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct focuses on responsibilities toward __________, __________, __________, and __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

All individuals who make substantial contributions to a work must be recognized as authors of that work.

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Horace Mann helped establish the first:

A. classical secondary school. B. state-supported normal school. C. undergraduate teaching program. D. post-graduate teaching program.

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Tardiness, daydreaming, attending to inappropriate material, asking irrelevant questions, or interacting inappropriately with peers or instructional materials are examples of ________

A) on-task teacher behavior B) off-task teacher behavior C) off-task student behavior D) on-task student behavior

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