Consider the following designs: (1)Nonrandomized pretest-posttest design; (2) Solomon three-group design; (3) two-group static design; (4) one-group pretest-posttest design; (5) counterbalanced design.Which of these would you recommend for use in the ordinary classroom setting?
A) 1 and 3
B) 1 and 5
C) 2 and 3
D) 3 and 4
E) 4 and 5

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The nonrandomized pretest-posttest design (1) and the counterbalanced design (5) are most feasible for use in an ordinary classroom setting. Nonrandomized pretest-posttest designs can be easy to implement, as all participants receive the same treatments and measures before and after the intervention, and no comparison group is needed. Counterbalanced designs are useful when there are multiple treatments to be tested and can be easily implemented in the classroom by randomly assigning half of the students to receive treatment A followed by treatment B, and the other half to receive treatment B followed by treatment A. The other designs may require more resources or may not be feasible for practical reasons in a classroom setting.

Consider the Following Designs: (1)Nonrandomized Pretest-Posttest Design; (2) Solomon Three-Group