Suppose You Want to Teach a Child with a "Helpless

question 126

Multiple Choice

Suppose you want to teach a child with a "helpless" orientation to respond more constructively to his or her failures.If you base your technique on the findings of Dweck's research, which of the following should you employ?

• A)Present easy problems to provide multiple successes for the child.
• B)Present a moderately difficult set of questions and provide encouragement for both successes and failures.
• C)Remove a token for failures but provide encouragement for a success.
• D)Give the child tokens as rewards for each success.

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