Three of the following testing practices are consistent with the textbook's discussion regarding motivation and classroom assessment practices. Which one is not?
a. Make sure students have enough time to answer all questions or complete all assigned tasks.
b. Make sure assessment results provide substantive information about what students do well and how they can improve.
c. Give students increasingly difficult questions or tasks when they get high scores.
d. Base grades on many small assessments rather than one or two big ones.
Question 2
If we consider factors that promote interest, three of the following teaching strategies should be beneficial. Which one will not be beneficial?
a. Intersperse boring material with entertaining jokes about your personal life.
b. Assign works of fiction that feature a character with whom students can identify.
c. Make some classroom tasks challenging but accomplishable.
d. Choose a textbook that presents information in a clear, coherent fashion.