The General Consensus from Analysis of the Tennessee Student/Teacher Achievement

question 4

Multiple Choice

The general consensus from analysis of the Tennessee Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) experiment suggests that students assigned to small classrooms of 13-17 students, compared to other students assigned to classrooms of 22-27 students, experienced

• A) no change in academic achievement or college attendance.
• B) an increase in both academic achievement and college attendance.
• C) greater self-confidence.
• D) higher likelihood of dropping out of school before graduating high school.
• E) more friendships.

Explain the structure and function of the cerebellum.

Identify the connections and functions of the brain's ventricular system.

Understand the sensory pathways and their relay centers in the brain.

Learn the anatomical relationship between different brain structures and the meningeal layers.

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Definitions:

Adaptation

The process by which a species becomes better suited to its environment through evolutionary changes in its characteristics.

Charles Darwin

English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

A French naturalist known for his theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics, pre-dating Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.

Natural Selection

The process by which genetic variations that enhance survival and reproduction become more common in successive generations of a population.