Teachers' expectations for student performance sometimes affect the grades they give. Considering the textbook's discussion of when expectations are likely to have their greatest effects, choose the situation in which teacher expectations are most likely to influence grades.
A) A second-grade teacher grades a 20-word spelling test.
B) A fourth-grade teacher grades a homework assignment of 30 long division problems.
C) A high school social studies teacher grades a 40-item multiple-choice test.
D) A high school creative writing teacher grades students' short stories.

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Teacher expectations are most likely to influence grades when the assignments are subjective in nature, such as grading students' creative writing. In contrast, when assignments are objective and straightforward, such as a spelling test or multiple-choice test, there is less room for teacher bias or subjectivity to influence grades. The fourth-grade homework assignment of long division problems may fall somewhere in between, but it still involves a relatively objective assessment of whether or not the problems are solved correctly.

Teachers' Expectations for Student Performance Sometimes Affect the Grades They