Reformers Criticize Large Schools and Fault Them with Being Partly

question 17

Multiple Choice

Reformers criticize large schools and fault them with being partly responsible for the decline in academic achievement because they

• A) foster poor discipline and classroom management problems for new teachers.
• B) are so costly to run that money cannot be spent on updating books and school supplies.
• C) cause students to be constantly late for class because of the distance between classrooms.
• D) create an aura of impersonality in which students feel lost, disengaged, and unmotivated.

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Definitions:

Recency Effect

A perception problem through which we use the most recent information available to assess a person.

Recency Effect

A cognitive bias in which the most recently presented information or experiences are remembered more clearly than earlier ones.

Perceptual Errors

Mistakes in judgment or interpretation caused by inaccuracies in the perceptual process, similar to perceptual distortions but emphasizing the error aspect.

Performance Appraisal

The systematic evaluation of employees' job performance and productivity to understand their capabilities for future growth or development.