Even 5-year-old children are easily distracted by extraneous information in their environments. In one study, Fisher et al. (2014) reported that kindergarten children who were in classrooms with many displays on the walls and throughout the classroom showed:

A. fewer learning gains than children in less-distracting classrooms.
B. fewer learning gains than children in more-distracting classrooms.
C. more learning gains across the board.
D. there was no effect on these children.


Ans: A

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