Three of the Following Are Possible Reasons That Many Students

Multiple Choice

Three of the following are possible reasons that many students don't use effective learning and study strategies. Which one is not a reason that theorists have offered?

A) Some learning tasks (e.g., those that involve learning isolated facts) do not lend themselves easily to such effective strategies as meaningful learning or elaboration.
B) When students believe that knowledge is an uncertain rather than fixed and certain entity, they become easily discouraged about their ability to learn successfully.
C) Some students are more interested in completing classroom tasks as quickly as possible than they are interested in mastering the subject matter.
D) Students have beliefs about the nature of knowledge and/or learning that lead them to misunderstand what they need to do in order to learn successfully.