What Do Cohen and His Colleagues Suggest About the Need

question 1

Multiple Choice

What do Cohen and his colleagues suggest about the need for drastic interventions in preference to small interventions in the classroom setting?

• A) Students of racial or ethnic minority backgrounds need immediate and drastic self-affirmation interventions to "close the gap" between their performance and that of their white classmates.
• B) Only students whose families support self-affirmation exercises at home will benefit form classroom interventions.
• C) When interventions are introduced in small but consistent doses, the long-term impact can be very significant.
• D) The classroom intervention of self-affirmation is effective only when it is introduced by minority teachers, as students tend to disregard such efforts by white teachers.