Chapter 1: Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the challenges facing teachers today, including increasing student diversity, requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the continuing impact of testing and accountability for teachers and students, and the emphasis on social and emotional learning. [Q1] Addison has several years of experience teaching third graders from diverse backgrounds. As one student struggles to complete a math task, Addison wonders why the task seems so difficult. She gives the student a hint about solving the task, but the hint doesn‘t help. She begins to reteach the basic skill required for the task. She reminds herself with certainty that she can help the student understand and succeed. Which of the teacher‘s behaviors is most directly associated with a personal sense of efficacy? 1. She wonders why the task seems so difficult for the student 2. She gives the student a hint about solving the task 3. She begins to reteach the basic skill required for the task 4. She reminds herself with certainty that she can help the student [correct] [Feedback for Answer Choice 1] A teacher may wonder about the level of difficulty of a task and yet lack a sense of efficacy. [Feedback for Answer Choice 2] A teacher‘s hint may help a student learn, but it is not a sign of the teacher‘s sense of efficacy. [Feedback for Answer Choice 3] Reteaching a skill may help a student learn, but it is not a sign of the teacher‘s sense of efficacy. [Feedback for Correct Answer 4] A teacher‘s belief that he or she can reach even the most difficult students and help them learn is evidence of the teacher‘s sense of efficacy