Effective educators understand how students communicate, both verbally and nonverbally; they know what students value and why; they know how students identify with others, whom they identify with, and why. Which of the following is a strategy for developing and maintaining this type of connection with students?
A) Becoming familiar with student/adolescent culture.
B) Affirming the reality of students' concerns.
C) Relating content to students' outside interests: games, music, sports, fashions, trends.
D) Sharing your humanity with students as appropriate.
E) All of the above.

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All of the choices listed are strategies for developing and maintaining a connection with students. Understanding and engaging with student culture, affirming their concerns, relating content to their interests, and sharing your humanity are all effective ways to build strong, positive relationships with students.

Effective Educators Understand How Students Communicate, Both Verbally and Nonverbally;