Carson's achievement in fifth grade has been remarkable. last year in fourth grade, he had occasional problems with distractions and difficulty understanding what was expected, but this year he has no such problems. based on studies of factors related to student achievement, which of the following factors most likely makes the largest impact on carson's success?

a. his teacher's content knowledge in fifth grade subjects
b. his teacher's knowledge and skill in classroom management
c. his increased interest in school
d. his increased ability to follow rules and procedures

In the mid 1800s western settlers and american indians differed in their views about

How does specialization enable countries to trade with one another? a country can make and sell goods affordably and buy goods that it is inefficient at making. a country can make what it chooses and sell its goods to other countries. a country can decide to buy everything it needs from other countries. a country can efficiently make goods that were once difficult to make.

Recall that in one condition of the experiment conducted by stasser and titus (1985) about student council president candidates, all group members had access to the same information, and that in another condition, members had unique information that other group members didn't know. in the second (unshared information) condition, the group made a worse decision than in the first (shared information) condition. this occurred because groups seldom can agree on who is most expert. focus discussion on the information that all members know. often ignore dissenting opinions. avoid differences of opinion, given conformity pressures.