When Ralph Tyler evaluated the Progressive Education Association's Eight Year Study (1932 ? 1940), he found which of the following?
a. Students in the experimental groups had higher grade point averages in all subjects.
b. Students in the control group tended to score lower on problem solving, inventiveness, and
motivation.
c. There was no significant difference between the experimental group and the control group.
d. Progressive education had little impact upon student achievement.
ANS: B
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