Melvin Is a New Fifth Grade Teacher

Multiple Choice

Melvin is a new fifth grade teacher. Unfortunately, many of his new students have a history of failing to complete their assignments. He wants to encourage his students to complete all of their assignments and to do well on them. From a behavioral perspective, Melvin should

A) negatively reinforce the low achievers when they fail to complete their assignments.
B) reinforce gradual approximations to the desired goal of completing 100% of the assignments.
C) punish all the students if some do not complete their work.
D) leave it to the students' parents to take care of this problem.