Wow, that is terrific work, Mrs. Magyar emphasized. You always ...

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Wow, that is terrific work, Mrs. Magyar emphasized. You always make the greatest illustrations for your stories
  Mrs. Magyar and her fourth-grade student Darline were looking through Darline's crayon and water color drawings during art class. Darline sat listlessly and seemed uninterested in continuing to work at all.
  Honey, just put some red right in there for the sun and that'll be super, Mrs. Magyar suggested. Darline obediently picked up the red crayon and made some stray marks on her picture.
  Excellent Mrs. Magyar again responded, and she then moved on to chat with other students while Darline sat and stared out the window. According to research on teacher actions that influence learner motivation, what mistake did Mrs. Magyar make in attempting to motivate Darline?
 
  a. She communicated low expectations by praising minimal effort.
  b. She communicated low expectations through her animated vocalizations.
  c. She communicated unreasonably high expectations by telling Darline how to draw the sun.
  d. She made no mistake in this example.

Question 2

Of the following, what is the most important difference between diagnostic tests and achievement tests?
 
  a. Diagnostic tests are usually administered in groups of 50-100 students, whereas achievement tests are administered to regular class-sized groups.
  b. Achievement tests are designed to tell how well students will do in a future area of study, and diagnostic tests are not.
  c. Achievement tests are more subject-area specific than diagnostic tests.
  d. Diagnostic tests include a larger number of items and report in more detail than achievement tests.

[meganlapinski]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d