What did President Obama's education secretary suggest as a way to address the problem of the state-dependent standards in the No Child Left Behind act?
A. the need for some students to be granted extended periods of time to complete standardized assessments
B. the need to have higher standards for higher-achieving students
C. the need for two sets of standards for each state (one for higher achievers and one for lower achievers)
D. the need to have a set of common standards across all 50 states
Answer: D
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b. social learning theorist. c. ecological theorist. d. behaviorist.
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a. generalization from small samples. b. drawing conclusions. c. decision making based on limited data. d. all of these.
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a. low sensation seekers were more likely than high sensation seekers to engage in heavy drinking. b. high and low sensation seekers both tended to engage in the same level of illicit drug use. c. high sensation seekers abstained from heavy smoking, whereas low sensation seekers did not. d. high sensation seekers were more likely than low sensation seekers to engage in heavy drinking.
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A) examining heritability in twins and adopted individuals B) interviewing people who have known others who were particularly odd or unique C) administering paper and pencil or computerized questionnaires to hundreds of people D) documenting the patterns of development and difficulties of psychiatric patients