Weinstein and Mignano found that expert teachers primarily used detention to
A)assemble misbehaving students so they could be dealt with as a group.
B)make the consequences somewhat public so that peer pressure to behave may be encouraged.
C)prevent the student from participating in a desired extra-curricular activity.
D)talk privately with the student about why the particular misbehavior occurred.

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Weinstein and Mignano found that expert teachers primarily used detention to talk privately with the student about why the particular misbehavior occurred. This suggests that detention was seen as a way to have a constructive conversation with the student about their behavior, rather than simply punishing them or removing them from the classroom.

Weinstein and Mignano Found That Expert Teachers Primarily Used Detention