Which of the following teachers is most likely to encourage emotional self-regulation in the classroom?
a. Mrs. Tallchief prompts students to keep working on the task in science lab and to ignore the two students who burned their fingers during the experiment.
b. Mr. Starnes doesn't listen to students' complaints about the difficulty of the math task and encourages them to keep their feelings to themselves.
c. Ms. Travis avoids listening to Melba's tattle tales about a classmate during a group activity and encourages Melba to focus on performing her role in the group.
d. Mrs. Gomez saw Jeff throw his eraser at Kendal, but Mrs. Gomez expects both students to bury the issue and deal with it after school.
Question 2
Mr. Tolosa is a new third grade teacher. He has no experience identifying gifted students, but believes one of his students has exceptional abilities. What common characteristicsmigh t he observe in a gifted student?
a. Convergent thinker, perceptive of others' feelings, ambitious about projects
b. Avid reader, advanced vocabulary, completes writing assignments quickly
c. Advanced sentence structure, divergent thinker, creative, uses analogies
d. Not very verbal, completes math tasks quickly, carefully follows steps in math procedures