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iveyjurea

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As a classroom teacher, you want to actively work on breaking down stereotypes and prejudices. Which one of the following techniques is least likely to be effective?
 
  a. Play cooperative group games.
  b. Establish pen pal relationships.
  c. Encourage children to see people as individuals.
  d. Play competitive group games.

Question 2

Students' self-perceptions related to school subject matter affect their learning and performance in the classroom. Imagine that you are a teacher with several students who have very little self-confidence regarding their ability to perform in your class. Simply giving them encouragementfor example, You can do it if you trymay not be especially effective. Keeping in mind the factors that affect students' sense of self, describe three different strategies you might use to enhance your students' confidence that they can succeed in school. Describe each of these strategies in terms of specific things that you might do in the classroom.
 
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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

Strategies for enhancing sense of self include the following (the response should identify at least one concrete strategy related to three of them):
 Promote success in school tasks (e.g., gear assignments to students' current knowledge and ability levels).
 Give positive and specific feedback about what students do well.
 Focus students' attention on their improvements over time.
 Minimize opportunities for students to judge themselves unfavorably in comparison with peers (e.g., minimize competitive situations).
 Involve students in successful groups.
 Communicate a genuine interest in students' well-being.
 Communicate realistically high expectations for students' performance.
 Provide negative feedback within the context of overall positive regard.



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