Teachers' Expectations for Student Performance Sometimes Affect the Grades They

Multiple Choice

Teachers' expectations for student performance sometimes affect the grades they give. Considering the textbook's discussion of when expectations are likely to have their greatest effects, choose the situation in which teacher expectations are most likely to influence grades.

A) A second-grade teacher grades a 20-word spelling test.
B) A fourth-grade teacher grades a homework assignment of 30 long division problems.
C) A high school social studies teacher grades a 40-item multiple-choice test.
D) A high school creative writing teacher grades students' short stories.