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A French teacher reads an article about how visual imagery i.e., "picturing" things in one's mind) can be used to help students learn French vocabulary words.To find out if visual imagery is more effective than verbal repetition in learning vocabulary words, she develops two different study guides for her students-one that tells students how to use visual imagery to learn French words, and one that tells them just to repeat the words over and over again-and randomly distributes the two study guides to her students.Over the next few weeks, the teacher finds that students using visual imagery study guides achieve higher average quiz scores.She concludes that the study guides describing the visual imagery technique help her students learn their French vocabulary words.Is the teacher's conclusion valid?

A) No, because she used random assignment.
B) No, because her experiment wasn't conducted in a laboratory.
C) Yes, because her students probably all had similar IQ scores.
D) Yes, because she was able to manipulate a variable in the environment.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Mr.Jones, a physical education teacher, notices that some of his students are better basketball players than others.He wonders if having a basketball net at home fosters the development of basketball skills.He gives his students a short survey that asks them if they have a basketball net at home.Sure enough, Mr.Jones finds that the better basketball players are more likely to have a net at home.He concludes that having a basketball net at home facilitates the development of basketball skills.Is his conclusion appropriate?

A) No, because he didn't conduct an experimental study
B) No, because his study wasn't conducted in a scientific laboratory
C) Yes, provided that his students responded truthfully to the survey
D) Yes, because he used random assignment

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Which one of the following alternatives best illustrates action research?

Which one of the following is the best example of elaboration?

Which one of the following is the best example of action research?

A researcher is interested in the possible effect of teacher-student ratios on students' learning.She finds 10 fifth-grade classrooms with 30-40 students per class and 10 others with 15-25 students per class.She discovers that there is a correlation between class size and student achievement.Which one of the following conclusions can we draw from this study?

As a beginning teacher, you may sometimes find yourself overwhelmed by the many decisions you will have to make on a daily basis.The situation will improve over time, however, because:

Dr.Kenney conducts a study in which she gives some students chosen randomly) logically organized learning material; she gives other students the same material presented in a haphazard, unpredictable sequence.She finds that students with the organized material remember more.This study can best be described as:

Dr.Lesgold finds that students in private schools perform better on achievement tests than do students in public schools.He can conclude that: