Question

At a school there are two sections of algebra I for students in the 9th grade. The two classes have different teachers. The principal is interested ingauging the effectiveness of two different teaching methods and asks each teacher to try one of the methods. At the end of the semester both classesare given the same test and the results are compared. In this experiment, which is the variable of interest?the two different teaching methodsthe two different math teachersthe two different math classesthe two different class test results

Answer 1

The variable of the study is the one that is different from both groups.

Thus, from the given, supposing that the teachers are of equal capabilities, the variable must be the two different teaching methods that was used.