Author Question: Ms. Honeywell is an elementary school teacher who maintains that in her thirty-five years of ... (Read 117 times)

beccaep · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Ms. Honeywell is an elementary school teacher who maintains that in her thirty-five years of experience, boys just tend to do better at math than girls.

Recently, she has read a number of studies that show that girls and boys actually have about the same level of math ability. Based on information about how teachers create and sustain self-fulfilling prophecies, what is Ms. Honeywell most likely to think about the study results?
a. Well, I guess everyone is wrong once in a whilemaybe boys and girls are the same.
b. I don't buy itthree times as many boys as girls in my classes have excelled at math.
c. Come to think of it, I think girls may actually be better than boys.
d. Who cares, girls are better than boys at reading anywaythe differences even out.

Question 2

The study by Rosenthal and Jacobson on self-fulfilling prophecies concluded that the teachers treated the bloomers in class differently than the other children. If you behaved similarly with a child or younger sibling, how might you behave?

a. Providing more constructive feedback.
b. Giving extra time to do their homework.
c. Giving less time to respond to questions.
d. Scolding the child when they get an answer wrong.