Three of the following strategies should engage students' interest in class material. Which one is least likely to do so?
a. Have each student read a different character's lines when the class is reading the play Our Town.
b. Ask students to imagine what it must have been like to live in medieval England.
c. Show students a scientific phenomenon that isn't what they'd expect to happen given their existing beliefs about the world.
d. Tell students that occasional failures are probably due to circumstances beyond their control.
Question 2
Which one of the following illustrates situational interest rather than personal interest?
a. Adam finds the Guinness Book of World Records on a library shelf and is intrigued by the strange people it describes.
b. Blaine can't think of anything he'd rather do than play video games with his friends.
c. Chuck spends every Saturday and Sunday working on the 1951 Chevy in his garage.
d. Dave loves to snorkel and hopes to major in marine biology when he goes to college.
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