A researcher does a study where he examines the effects of a new reading program for teaching reading comprehension. He randomly assigns 30 students to an experimental group and 30 students to a control group. He then posttests the students after the program to see whether they are different in reading performance. The design used by the researcher is the:

a. Pretest-posttest control-group design
b. Posttest-only design with nonequivalent groups
c. One-group posttest-only design
d. Posttest-only control-group design


Ans: d

Education

You might also like to view...

Positive behavior interventions and supports focus on:

a. extinguishing problem behaviors through the consistent implementation of punishments strategies. b. teaching positive social behaviors that are implemented by all individuals who are involved in the student’s life. c. providing positive rewards when they behave in an appropriate behavior, and negative reinforcement when their behavior is inappropriate. d. rewarding desirable behavior with tokens that students can exchange for privileges.

Education

Tests administered at the end of instruction and demonstrate how much a student has learned are referred to as

a. formal assessment b. summative assessment c. informal assessment d. formative assessment

Education

A child whose hearing loss occurs before learning language is

a. considered prelingually deaf b. going to need assistance in meeting age-appropriate speech and language development expectations c. likely to have depressed working memory d. all of the above

Education

Formative evaluation is the most appropriate strategy for evaluating mentoring programs because of their people (not data) focus

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Education