Mr Jacobs Wants to Find Out Whether a New Program

question 2

Multiple Choice

Mr. Jacobs wants to find out whether a new program for teaching physical education promotes students' physical development. So he gives his students a number of tests before they begin the program (pretests) and the same tests again after they have been in the program for eight months (posttests) . He finds that the students' posttest scores are higher than their pretest scores and so concludes that the program is effective. What is definitely wrong with Mr. Jacobs' conclusion?

• A)Eight months is too short a time for such a program to have a long-term effect.
• B)There are other possible explanations for his results.
• C)Tests are not a good measure of physical development.
• D)The posttests should always be different from the pretests.

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