Information and IdeasEasy–MediumEvidence that a homework policy reduced stress
Information and Ideas practice question
A head teacher claims that the school's new homework policy has reduced pupils' stress.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. In an anonymous survey, the share of pupils reporting that homework worried them fell from 60 percent before the policy to 25 percent after.Correct
- B. The policy was announced in September.
- C. Pupils now have less homework.
- D. The school has 900 pupils.
Answer: A. In an anonymous survey, the share of pupils reporting that homework worried them fell from 60 percent before the policy to 25 percent after.
Worry measured before and after.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The policy was announced in September.
- A date.
- C. Pupils now have less homework.
- Less homework is the policy, not its effect on stress.
- D. The school has 900 pupils.
- Size.
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