One Effective Educational Practice Is to Chart Students' Progress Over

question 60

Multiple Choice

One effective educational practice is to chart students' progress over time so that students can see their improvement. These progress charts often lead to higher student achievement in the absence of other observable forms of reinforcement. The effectiveness of such charts in changing behavior illustrates the importance of reinforcement:

• A) As a feedback mechanism
• B) As an immediate, rather than delayed, consequence
• C) As a delayed, rather than immediate, consequence
• D) In standardized achievement testing

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