Beginning Teachers Have Been Identified as Using Four Basic Types

question 39

Essay

Beginning teachers have been identified as using four basic types of motivational strategies: (1)rewards/punishments, (2)building confidence, (3)focusing attention,and (4)emphasizing relevance.Differentiate between each strategy in terms of orientation (what they involve)and frequency of use.Which strategies do you believe would be the most and the least effective for focusing attention on tasks? Explain your answers.

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Definitions:

Dividend Policy Decision

The strategy that a company uses to determine the size and timing of its dividends payments to shareholders.

Capital Intensity Ratio

A financial metric that measures the amount of capital needed per dollar of revenue; used to evaluate the investment intensity of a business's operations.

Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio

A financial metric that measures how efficiently a company uses its fixed assets to generate sales, calculated by dividing net sales by average fixed assets.

Capital Intensity Ratio

This ratio measures a company's investment in physical assets relative to its labor costs, indicating how much capital is used in the production process.