Ladd and Dinella Explored the Relationship Between School Engagement and Academic

question 34

Multiple Choice

Ladd and Dinella explored the relationship between school engagement and academic achievement in nearly 400 children as they progressed from first to eighth grade. The researchers focused on which of the following two dimensions?

• A) entity and incremental
• B) performance and mastery
• C) school liking/avoidance and cooperative/resistant
• D) cooperative/avoidance and school liking/resistant

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Definitions:

Covalently Bonded

Atoms that are linked together by sharing pairs of electrons to achieve stability.

Ionic Bond

Type of chemical bond in which a strong mutual attraction links ions of opposite charge.

Chemical Bond

Attractive force that arises between two atoms when their electrons interact; links atoms into molecules.

Nonionic Solids

Substances that consist of molecules bound together by covalent bonds rather than ionic bonds, lacking charge separation.