A School Superintendent Believes a New Approach to Teaching Children

question 9

Essay

A school superintendent believes a new approach to teaching children to read will produce better standardized test scores in the district. Describe how the superintendent may design a randomized comparative experiment to test this theory.

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Definitions:

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched, a concept important in cognitive development.

Conservation

In cognitive psychology, the understanding that an object's or substance's quantity remains the same even when its appearance changes, a concept developed by Jean Piaget.

Formal Operational Thought

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where individuals develop the ability to think abstractly, systematically, and logically.

Concrete Operational Thought

A phase in Piaget's cognitive development theory where kids develop the capacity to logically reason about tangible events.