In an effort to assess the impact of collaboration on learning, a researcher assigns one group of seventh-graders to work with a partner in designing and conducting a science experiment and another group to do the same assignment alone. The researcher then evaluates the quality of the experiments and interviews the children about the scientific concepts they were asked to test. What was the independent variable in this study?

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The independent variable is the condition or factor that is manipulated by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable. In this study, the manipulation was whether the children worked alone or with a partner.

In an Effort to Assess the Impact of Collaboration on Learning