Jerome is a student in your classroom for whom the only effective reinforcer is something to eat, ...

Jerome is a student in your classroom for whom the only effective reinforcer is something to eat, such as candy. You would like Jerome to find your praise reinforcing as well. From a behaviorist perspective, your best strategy would be which one of the fo

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Three of the history teachers below are engaging in recommended practices for classroom lectures. Which one is not?

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Mr. Phillips wants his students to develop the ability to separate and control variables in scientific experimentation.

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As a chemistry teacher, you want your students to be able to remember the symbols for any chemical element (e.g., O is oxygen, C is carbon, Na is sodium, Au is gold) without having any hints about what each symbol might be.

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Which of the following statements is true of situated motivation?

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Vance is quite surprised to hear that his friend Adam has been caught shoplifting, as he has always thought of Adam as someone who is honest, law-abiding, and respectful of others' rights and possessions. There must be a logical explanation for why Adam

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Which one of the following descriptions best illustrates a trait theory of motivation?

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Which one of the following best characterizes how confidence intervals are used in reporting students' scores on standardized tests?
 
  a. They indicate the norm group to which students are being compared.
  b. They show the range of 10 percentile points within which each student's score falls.
  c. They indicate how likely it is that each student has mastered a particular topic.
  d. They show the range within which each student's actual ability level probably lies.