Research Indicates That Head Start Programs

question 169

Multiple Choice

Research indicates that Head Start programs

• A) fail to produce even short-term improvements in participants' mental skills.
• B) contribute to dramatic long-term gains in participants' intelligence test scores.
• C) promote aptitude benefits, which generally dissipate over time.
• D) are beneficial only to participants from very intellectually stimulating home

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Definitions:

Evidence

Evidence refers to information, facts, or data presented to support a claim, assertion, or hypothesis.

Generalization

A broad statement or conclusion that applies to many instances, derived from specific cases.

Positive Instance

An item that belongs to a given class and possesses the trait attributed to the class by a given generalization.

Negative Instance

An item that belongs to a given class and does not possess the trait attributed to the class by a given generalization.