A nursery school teacher spends some time each day reading stories such as The Little Engine That Could (a story of a little locomotive that chugged up a hill saying, "I think I can, I think I can."). Using social cognitive theory as a basis, explain why a teacher would choose to read stories such as these
What will be an ideal response?
The teacher is using the story as a form of symbolic modeling to facilitate conscientiousness and effort on the part of her students.
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What will be an ideal response?
Jesse is sitting in the library trying to concentrate. He opens his book but each time he starts reading, he is interrupted by people talking, students shuffling books and papers, a phone ringing at the information desk, and various computer sounds that make it impossible for him to study. He closes his book, determined to study later. Which one of the following strategies should Jesse try?
A. Ignore external distractions. B. Become more internally motivated. C. Adapt to others' learning styles. D. Take care of physiological needs before studying.
Test-retest data regarding assessment consistency is an instance of:
A. Stability reliability B. Alternate-form reliability C. Internal-consistency reliability D. None of the above
An educator pauses for 30 seconds while reading a story to elicit comments from a student – this is an example of:
a. Natural Cue b. Open-ended/wh-questions c. Expectant Delay d. Blocked Response