A researcher records whether a particular student is on-task or off-task when the lesson begins, five minutes later, and every five minutes thereafter until the lesson is over. This procedure for recording observations is called
A) continuous recording.
B) frequency-count recording.
C) duration recording.
D) interval recording.

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This procedure is called interval recording because the researcher records whether a specific behavior (being on-task or off-task) occurs during consecutive intervals of time (every five minutes).

A Researcher Records Whether a Particular Student Is On-Task or Off-Task