There is always a lot of class discussion in Mrs. Abel's English class. Mrs. Abel uses a Socratic approach in hopes that discussions flow naturally from her students. She bases a significant portion of the classroom participation grade on these discussions. However, she notices that the girls in her class are less willing to speak than the boys. What two approaches might work to remedy this situation?
I. Telling the girls that they should participate more
II. Raising questions during discussion about how genders are similar and different
III. Reminding students of her grading system
IV. Having individual conferences with her students and privately discuss participation issues
A)I and II
B)II and III
C)III and IV
D)II and IV

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Raising questions during discussion about how genders are similar and different and/or Having individual conferences with her students and privately discuss participation issues. These two approaches would highlight the issue in the most inviting way. Option I does not employ modeling or reinforcements and may be ineffective. Option III also does not use any particular learning theory, just a general threat to accomplish the goal and will likely not be an effective motivation.

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