When Researchers Attempted to Re-Create the STAR Study in California,results

question 11

Multiple Choice

When researchers attempted to re-create the STAR study in California,results were less positive than anticipated.According to the text,what is one possible explanation for these different outcomes?

• A)Reducing class sizes for all K-3 classrooms in California required an enormous decrease in teachers.
• B)The new teachers hired for the intervention were vastly overqualified.
• C)California class sizes were likely too small to produce desired results.
• D)By Tennessee's standards,California's reduced class sizes were not actually "small."

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Definitions:

Chemical Structures

These are the arrangements of atoms in a molecule and the chemical bonds that hold the atoms together.

Axon

is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical messengers that transmit signals across the synaptic space from one neuron to another in the brain.

Neural Impulse

An electrical signal that travels along the axon of a neuron, transmitting information between neurons or from neurons to muscles.