You Might Choose to Use the Interactive Semantic Mapping Approach

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Essay

You might choose to use the Interactive Semantic Mapping approach with your students to improve reading comprehension. As you know, it can be used with students as a teaching routine or it can be taught to students as a learning strategy. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using it as a routine? Likewise what are they for teaching it as a strategy?

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

A variable in an experiment or mathematical model that is manipulated or changed to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Bonferroni Criterion

A statistical adjustment method for multiple comparisons that lowers the threshold for statistical significance to control the overall type I error rate.

Substantial Bias

A significant prejudice or predisposition in a way that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation.

T-statistic

A type of statistic used in hypothesis testing, calculated by standardizing a sample mean difference given its sample standard deviation.