Author Question: A student in your eighth-grade science class is working on an assignment and cries out, This is ... (Read 123 times)

ENagel · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

A student in your eighth-grade science class is working on an assignment and cries out, This is boring She stops working. Which of the following responses is appropriate on your part?

a. Redirect the student's behavior with a comment like, Get busy right now.
b. Ask the student to explain to the class what she finds boring about this work.
c. Agree that this IS boring material, but that sometimes we just have to learn boring stuff.
d. Evaluate her work to ensure that it is appropriate for her.
e. Reduce the amount of work she has to do.

Question 2

A danger of using empathic responding during problem identification is that the student's explanations may simply be a means of avoiding responsibility.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false