A teacher sets up a machine that beeps at random intervals; research has demonstrated that, if students check "yes" or "no" in answer to whether they were paying attention when the beeper beeps,
A) their self-determination skills will decrease .
B) their actual attention will decrease because of being distracted by the beeps.
C) their actual attention will improve.
D) their actual attention will improve, only if they are auditory-learners.
C
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A. holding a hand at waist level to maintain contact with walls and furniture. B. walking behind an adult who guides the child verbally. C. walking behind an adult who guides the child physically with his hand. D. using a cane to determine the location of various items before walking.
The task of ______ recognizes that unless additional instructional applications for a new tool are created, the tool may be returned to the shelf for storage until sometime in the future.
a. linking b. managing c. assessing d. extending
Teacher groups favor individual performance-based pay over knowledge-and-skills –based pay
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Whenever Milo had a tantrum, his father would pick him up and comfort him. Now that he is in preschool, his teachers ignore his tantrums, and over time his tantrums have decreased in frequency. Based on our understanding of operant conditioning, we would say that Milo's tantrum behavior is being __________ in preschool.
A. negatively reinforced B. punished C. extinguished D. aversively conditioned