A Teacher Does Not Believe a Student Can Perform Well

question 114

Multiple Choice

A teacher does not believe a student can perform well because of a learning disability. The teacher comes to expect very little, so she demands very little from the student. In response, the student does not try and indeed fails. We may consider this process to be

• A) unavoidable.
• B) unusual.
• C) autocratic.
• D) a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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