Ms Honeywell Is an Elementary School Teacher Who Maintains That

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Multiple Choice

Ms. Honeywell is an elementary school teacher who maintains that in her thirty-five years of experience, boys just tend to do better at math than girls. Recently, she has read a number of studies that show that girls and boys actually have about the same level of math ability. Based on information about how teachers create and sustain self-fulfilling prophecies, what is Ms. Honeywell most likely to think about the study results?

• A) "Well, I guess everyone is wrong once in a while-maybe boys and girls are the same."
• B) "I don't buy it-three times as many boys as girls in my classes have excelled at math."
• C) "Come to think of it, I think girls may actually be better than boys."
• D) "Who cares? Girls are better than boys at reading, anyway-the differences even out."

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