Define expectancies and values and explain how they influence students’ motivation.
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should indicate that expectancies are students’ expectations for success on a task, based upon their competency beliefs, and values are the reasons for choosing to do a task. It should also indicate that in combination they determine students’ motivation to engage in a particular task.
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a. Pearson’s r c. phi coefficient b. Spearman rho
The individualized education program as mandated in IDEA 2004 must include a statement of
a. annual goals for all students and short-term objectives only for those students who take alternate assessments aligned to alternate achievement standards. b. annual goals, objectives, and benchmarks for all students. c. academic annual goals only. d. functional annual goals only.
Developing new family rituals and traditions helps the individuals in the new blended family system to become emotionally bonded with one another
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A sixth-grade teacher completed a behavior rating scale for one of the students in his class. The teacher was influenced by the student's performance in academic subjects and therefore rated the student as low in intelligence, perseverance, honesty, friendliness, and other aspects of personality. The results may be inaccurate due to which of the following observer effects?
a) Contamination b) Halo effect c) Semantic differential d) Unreliable responses