Ryan and Adam Were Both in the Gifted and Talented

Multiple Choice

Ryan and Adam were both in the gifted and talented program. But in sixth grade, they began to skip school. The difficulty of the schoolwork had nothing to do with their unhappiness in school, it was the _______________________that undermined their motivation to attend.

A) lack of opportunity to make their own decisions
B) high level of teacher control and low value for self-directedness
C) routinization of the learning experience
D) all of the choices