Question

Three groups of schoolchildren receive three different types of reading instruction for a school year. At the end of the year, students reading performance is measured. Identify the independent variable and dependent variable in the study.

Answer 1

Answer:

types of reading instruction - independent variable

reading comprehension of students - dependent variable

Explanation:

When it comes to the "experimentation" of  a study, there are factors or variables that are being considered. These are "independent variable" and "dependent variable."

Independent variable refers to the variable that is being controlled. This affects the dependent variable. The influence of the independent variable on the dependent variable is very important.

So, in the situation above, the independent variable is the "types of reading instruction for a school year" while the dependent variable is the "reading comprehension" of the students.

This means that the reading comprehension of the students will largely depend on the types of reading material.

Thus, this explains the answer.