Matthew is a school administrator tasked with shortening class times for students amid reports that students aren't paying attention for the entirety of their classes. He decides to institute shorter 45-minute classes in elementary schools but is unsure whether this change is also needed in the middle and high schools. According to research on information processing, should this change be expanded to these other two school levels?
A. Yes, attention span does not improve until middle adulthood and everyone prior to this age experiences similar difficulties in sustained attention.
B. Yes, but only to middle schools because after this age teenagers are progressively better able to sustain their attention.
C. No, only children less than eight-years-old have difficulty maintaining attention for significant periods of time.
D. No, research shows that older students do better with fewer subjects per day, taught over longer class periods.
Answer: B
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