Below are four instances of negative feedback. Other things being equal, which statement is most likely to promote high self-efficacy?
a. "Your quiz score is the lowest one in the entire class, Bill. I want you to see if you can do better than at least half of your classmates next time."
b. "The German Club should be embarrassed about the mess it left in the cafeteria after school yesterday. Do you want the rest of the school to think that German Club members are slobs?"
c. "I'm not pleased with the projects that you students turned in yesterday. You should be ashamed of yourselves for not taking the assignment more seriously."
d. "I know you have the ability to write a better essay than this, Janet. Let me give you some suggestions about what you might do differently next time."
D
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a. claiming to cure individuals of autism. b. supported by research. c. that are low cost. d. suggested by related service providers.
Define and give an example of an informal assessment
What will be an ideal response?
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A) ethnography. B) sociolinguistics. C) vernacular. D) comprehensible input.
Karin and her mother live on welfare in a poor, inner-city neighborhood in Detroit. Karin is quite bright and highly motivated, and she really wants to get a college education. However, she knows that, on average, students from low-income homes perform more poorly on the SAT tests than students from wealthier homes. When she takes the SAT, she is so nervous that she has trouble concentrating on
the test items, and as a result her scores are lower than they should be. Which of the following concepts best explains what has happened to Karin? a. Hot cognition b. Stereotype threat c. Cognitive dissonance d. High motive to avoid failure