Your friend Elena has been asked to supervise an intervention program that is aimed at preparing disadvantaged children for school. Some people have objected to the program and have said that intervention programs don't work
Based on the results of the Carolina Abecedarian Project do you think that intervention will be effective? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will be similar to the following:
The children who participated in the Carolina Abecedarian Project were born to mostly African American mothers who had less than a high-school education, an IQ score of 85, and typically no income. Some of the children who participated in the project attended a special day-care facility from age 4 months to 5 years. The curriculum at this facility emphasized mental, linguistic, and social development for infants and pre-reading skills for preschoolers. Other children did not receive any special attention. Children who attended the special day-care had higher IQ scores and higher levels of achievement in reading and math than a similar group of children who did not receive the special intervention.
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a. the mean differences among the levels of one factor b. the mean differences among all treatment conditions c. the mean difference between the two factors d. the difference between the largest treatment mean and the smallest treatment mean
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a. Claustrophobia b. Fear of flying c. Fear of public buses d. Snake phobia
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What will be an ideal response?
A problem with the Head Start enrichment program is that it
a. may not start early enough. b. has had no impact on IQ scores. c. cannot undo the effects of poverty. d. reaches all of the children who need it. e. has no long term impact.