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erika · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Principal Renfro likes to place students in groups at the beginning of the school year according to their IQ scores and keep them together for the rest of the year. Which of the following assumptions would this principal most likely cite to support this practice?

a. Intelligence is the prime determiner of academic performance.
b. Differences in intelligence cannot be changed through instruction.
c. Students learn best when grouped with their intellectual peers.
d. All of the above.

Question 2

A taxonomy would best be defined as a categorical system in which

a. groups are classified and arranged in a hierarchy.
b. distinctive levels of the same complexity are identified.
c. levels are included that are distinctive in name only.
d. unrelated categories that vary in complexity are identified.