You Are Teaching Your Students How to Do Something-Perhaps How

question 6

Essay

You are teaching your students how to do something-perhaps how to solve a math problem,write a research paper,or execute a side dismount from the parallel bars-and you find that your students have low self-efficacy for doing the task.
a. Describe a specific task that you might eventually be teaching.
b. Describe three strategies you might use to enhance your students' self-efficacy for performing the task. For each strategy,describe what you would do in specific and concrete terms.

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Definitions:

Easy-Going

Describes a person or attitude that is relaxed, tolerant, and not easily upset or stressed.

Competitive

Characterized by or engaging in rivalry or competition, often striving to be more successful or better than others.

Type A Behaviour

A personality pattern characterized by high levels of competitiveness, aggressiveness, impatience, and a sense of urgency.

Coronary Heart Disease

A condition characterized by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle due to the build-up of plaque in the coronary arteries, leading to heart attacks.