Are Mr. Mercurio's teaching strategies likely to promote performance goals or mastery goals?
What will be an ideal response?
Mr. Mercurio appears to be focusing on mastery goals. For instance:
• He says, "In my class, the most important things are to do your best and to work at improving your skills as the year progresses.".
• By pointing out that other students' work has imperfections, he implies that making mistakes is a normal part of acquiring skill in art.
• He says, "You can get better only if you practice and then let me give you feedback".
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a. extrinsic motivation. b. intrinsic motivation. c. both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. d. neither extrinsic nor intrinsic motivation.
Fundamental skills, abilities, and attitudes you can transfer from one job or career to another are called
transferable competencies.
During snack time which of the following is an example of appropriate and nutritious food for toddlers/preschoolers to eat?
a. Nuts b. Raisins c. Raw carrots d. Cheese sticks
Young children often begin to recognize and read familiar words they see such as the names of fast-food restaurants and toy stores and the logos on cereal boxes. This type of familiar print is referred to as
a) visual literacy. b) frequency print. c) environmental print. d) morphemes.