Homework Has Historically Been a Controversial Topic in the United

question 15

Multiple Choice

Homework has historically been a controversial topic in the United States.Which 1900 publication illustrated this controversy?

• A)A TIME magazine cover headline,Too Much Homework,reflected the decreased emphasis on homework due to the Industrial Revolution.
• B)A research study published by The Harvard Educational Review correlated the push for more rigorous academic standards with increased amounts of homework.
• C)An advertisement for the Museum of Modern Art compared paintings of children working in coalmines with pictures of children toiling over their homework
• D)An article in Ladies Home Journal proposed that homework was destroying family life,which lead the state of California to ban homework for students under the age of 15.

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Definitions:

Activity Base

A measure upon which the allocation of costs is based in activity-based costing, often relating to a metric that causes costs to occur such as machine hours or labor hours.

Cost Behavior

The way in which costs change in relation to variations in an organization’s activity level.

Variable Costs

Costs that change in proportion to the level of production or sales, such as raw materials and direct labor.

Activity Level

A measurement of the volume of production or the quantity of services provided.