In the journal Cyber Psychology and Behavior, a researcher asked, “Are students who report higher degrees of loneliness more likely to form new online relationships than other students with lower degrees of loneliness?” (Bonebrake, 2002). In this study, the independent variable is best described as ______.
a. likelihood of forming online relationships
b. degree of loneliness
c. type of relationship
d. students
b. degree of loneliness
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The section of the IEP that describes how the student is currently doing in school is called
a. annual goals. b. current performance. c. participation with nondisabled children. d. special education and related services.
The term inclusion has largely replaced the earlier term of
(a) looping (b) tracking (c) multitasking (d) metacognition (e) mainstreaming
Tanya was used to using the word processing program Word, and she did some work for her brother Mike, who was using WordPerfect, a different word processing program. Tanya was quickly able to use WordPerfect for Windows with little difficulty, since many of the commands for it were the same as the commands for Word. Tanya's ability to use WordPerfect best illustrates:
a. cognitive development as a result of maturation. b. learning as a result of social experience. c. the process of assimilation. d. the process of accommodation.
One common weakness of educational research is the failure of findings to extend beyond the borders of a study, a problem known as:
A) limited generalization B) internal invalidity C) measurement unreliability D) test insensitivity E) statistical restriction