A mother has been paying her daughter Melissa one dollar an hour to shovel snow off the driveway. At the end of January, the mother raises the rate to two dollars an hour. Based on research related to contrast effects, we can predict that Melissa will probably:
a. Shovel half as much snow as she would have otherwise, and then she'll quit.
b. Shovel the same amount of snow as she would have at a dollar-an-hour rate.
c. Shovel less snow than if the pay for shoveling snow had always been two dollars an hour.
d. Shovel more snow than if the pay for shoveling snow had always been two dollars an hour.
d
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a. attribution theory. b. expectancy x value theory. c. self-efficacy theory. d. self-determination theory.
Max's study compared the differences in teachers' attitudes about inclusion before and after a Saturday in-service training. He assessed their post-intervention attitudes with a self-report questionnaire. With which of the following threats to validity should Max be particularly concerned?
a. Instrumentation b. Mortality c. Selection d. History
An important contributor to lasting and significant school improvement is ______.
a. time b. resources c. collaboration d. teacher isolation
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understanding of key components of powerful and purposeful social studies instruction. What will be an ideal response?