What Do the Authors Suggest for What Is Necessary in Evaluating

question 63

Multiple Choice

What do the authors suggest for what is necessary in evaluating positive youth development?

• A) Evaluations must be conducted in different ways to assure that these programs are truly positive.
• B) Understanding that the benefits of these programs are universal in many ways.
• C) Ensuring that children in these programs are mostly or completely deemed at-risk.
• D) Rigorous controls that will eliminate other variables that can affect the outcomes of these programs.

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Definitions:

Deforestation

The temporary or permanent removal of forest for agriculture or other uses.

Boreal Forests

Boreal forests, also known as taiga, are dense forests located in high northern latitudes, characterized by cold climates and coniferous trees.

Commercial Logging

The practice of cutting down trees for sale as timber or pulp, often associated with the timber industry.

Slash-And-Burn Agriculture

A type of agriculture in which tropical rain forest is cut down, allowed to dry, and burned. The crops that are planted immediately afterward thrive because the ashes provide nutrients; in a few years, however, the soil is depleted and the land must be abandoned.