Given the terms: internal validity and external validity, create a definition for each term. 

  Given an empirical research article; identify the participant(s), independent variable(s), dependent variable(s), extraneous variable(s), type (experimental or quasi-experimental), experimental group, control group, research question, research hypothesis, null hypothesis, research design (see pages 70-79 of your text), data collection, data reduction technique(s), and conclusions reached. 

  Given a quasi-experimental research article, identify the threats to INternal validity. 

  Given a quasi-experimental research article, identify the threats to EXternal validity. 

  Given a quasi-experimental research article, evaluate the strength of the research design.  

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With your group and using the empirical research article, "Reading for Meaning: The Efficacy of Reciprocal Teaching in Fostering Reading Comprehension in High School Students in Remedial Reading Classes", answer the following questions: 
 

1. Who are the participant(s)? 
2. What are the variables of interest? 
3. Identify which of those variables (in #2) are independent variable(s) and which are dependent variable(s). 
4. Are there any extraneous variable(s)? List no more than 3. 
5. Is this an experimental or quasi-experimental study? 
6. What method was used to select participants (sampling)? 
7. What is the research question(s)? 
8. What is the research hypothesis(ses)? 
9. What is the null hypothesis(ses)? There MUST be one in this type of research design.  
10. What methods were used to collect the data? 
 

  Email your group work to Dr. Janiak on or before July 5th at 12 am.