A teacher has created a program for improving homework submission. Most children who complete the two-week program permanently improve their frequency of homework submission. Suppose the teacher decided to evaluate the program with a single-case design. Which design would be most appropriate?
A) ABAB design
B) Multiple-baseline design
C) Alternating-treatments design
D) Changing-criterion design

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A multiple-baseline design would be most appropriate because it allows for the evaluation of the program's effectiveness across multiple students or settings, and it also allows for the assessment of the sustainability of the improvement over time. The ABAB design and changing-criterion design are less appropriate because they only involve one baseline and may not provide enough information about the program's effectiveness. The alternating-treatments design is less appropriate because it involves comparing different interventions, which may not be applicable in this situation where there is only one program being evaluated.

A Teacher Has Created a Program for Improving Homework Submission