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Item MO031002: A student could use a diagram to help himself figure out the way light travels or to show someone else the way light travels.
What reason might a student have for drawing a diagram about the way light travels?
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To help himself figure out the way light travels,
or to show someone else the way it travels -
To help himself figure out the way light travels,
but not to show someone else the way it travels -
To show someone else the way light travels,
but not to help himself figure out the way it travels -
Neither to help himself figure out the way light travels
nor to show someone else the way it travels
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1578 |
6–8 n = 992 |
9–12 n = 579 |
Male n = 755 |
Female n = 789 |
English n = 1439 |
Other n = 96 |
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| A. | 71% | 68% | 76% | 66% | 76% | 72% | 59% |
| B. | 11% | 12% | 8% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 19% |
| C. | 14% | 15% | 12% | 17% | 11% | 13% | 17% |
| D. | 5% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 5% |