Which One of the Following Students Definitely Has a Meaningful

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following students definitely has a meaningful learning set?

• A)Annie practices calculating the area of a triangle by completing her 20 homework problems.
• B)Ben memorizes the fact that 0.5 is equivalent to 1/2.
• C)Myra knows that she will eventually learn the multiplication tables if she practices them enough times.
• D)Dirk is trying to figure out the logic behind the process of long division.

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Definitions:

Percentile Points

Values that divide a set of observations into 100 equal parts, often used to interpret scores in tests.

Distribution

The spread of values within a dataset, representing how often each value occurs.

T Scores

Standardized scores with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, used to compare an individual's result to a norm group.

Standard Scores

Scores that are expressed as the number of standard deviations above or below the mean of the distribution.