Three of the following strategies should engage students' interest in class material and foster their intrinsic motivation to learn it. Which one is least likely to do so?
A) Have each student read a different character's lines when the class is reading the play Our Town.
B) Ask students to imagine what it must have been like to live in medieval England.
C) Show students a scientific phenomenon that isn't what they'd expect to happen given their existing beliefs about the world.
D) Tell students that occasional failures are probably due to circumstances beyond their control.
D
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