Cathy Block and Her Colleagues Studied the Effectiveness of Various

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Multiple Choice

Cathy Block and her colleagues studied the effectiveness of various instructional approaches to reading, including standard reading instruction and alternative instructional approaches. The researchers found that alternative approaches using student-guided, teacher-led discussion of the texts were:

• A) significantly more effective than the standard approach.
• B) significantly less effective than the standard approach.
• C) as effective as the standard approach.
• D) only effective among students from working-class families.

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