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Sharon Osmer tries to enhance Tyler's self-esteem by giving him tasks that she knows he can accomplish successfully (e.g., color-by-number worksheets), yet Tyler's self-esteem continues to decrease. Why?
 
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If you had a student with neurofibromatosis in your classroom, what would you do to prepare for this student and help him or her to be academically and socially successful?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Children's self-efficacy for academic tasks is most likely to increase when they accomplish challenging tasks, not easy ones. In fact, by giving Tyler easy assignments, Sharon may inadvertently be giving him the message that he isn't capable of anything more.

Answer to Question 2

Important strategies would include the following:
 Find information about the condition at the library or on the Internet.
 Confer with the student's parent


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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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