Which of the Following Statements About the Effects of Teacher

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the effects of teacher expectations on student performance is accurate?

• A) Teacher expectation effects are strongest for older students and weakest for first and second graders.
• B) Teacher expectation effects are strongest when manipulated later in the school year.
• C) There is no evidence for teacher expectation effects.
• D) Teacher expectation effects are large for lower-achieving, lower-SES, and African-American students.

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The additional output that is produced as a result of utilizing one more unit of a variable input, holding other inputs constant.

Equilibrium Quantity

The level of goods or services offered and demanded at the price of equilibrium.

Labor

The effort involving both mental and physical capacities of humans utilized in creating goods and services.

Marginal Productivity Theory

A principle in economics that states the compensation of a factor of production, like labor, depends on the marginal productivity of that factor.