You Received Your Ph

question 42

Multiple Choice

You received your Ph.D. from a prestigious state university that had competitive admissions, where students graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class, and where both students and teachers had high expectations for the student. You now teach at an open admissions school. Students here graduated anywhere from the bottom 10 percent to the top 10 percent. What expectations should you have for these students?

• A) Lower, they graduated lower in their high school class (on average anyway)
• B) Lower, they obviously are less intelligent
• C) The same as, the past is the past; high expectations generate high performance
• D) Lower, high expectations could be too challenging and prove to be frustrating

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The process of making information, instructions, or content clearer and more comprehensible.

Arbitration

A form of dispute resolution where an impartial third party (the arbitrator) makes a binding decision to resolve a conflict between two or more parties.