Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford Professor, Found Certain Teacher Factors That Were

question 13

Multiple Choice

Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford professor, found certain teacher factors that were more important in predicting student success than student poverty, minority status, and language background.  Which one of the following is not one of those factors?

• A) Teachers who had an undergraduate GPAs of greater than 3.8
• B) Teachers who had a major in the subject they were teaching and were fully certified
• C) Teachers who had a high-quality teacher education program
• D) None are correct

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Definitions:

Contingency Variables

Factors or conditions that can change and affect the outcome of decision-making processes or situations.

Enduring Change

A lasting transformation within an individual, organization, or society that persists over time.

Behavior

The actions or reactions of an individual or group in response to external or internal stimuli.

Learning

Learning is an enduring change in behavior that results from experience.