Three of the following strategies should engage students' interest in class material. Which one is least likely to do so?
A) Have each student read a different character's lines when the class is reading the play Our Town.
B) Asking students to imagine what it must have been like to live in medieval England.
C) Showing students a scientific phenomenon that isn't what they'd expect to happen given their existing beliefs about the world.
D) Telling students that occasional failures are probably due to circumstances beyond their control.

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Telling students that occasional failures are probably due to circumstances beyond their control does not directly engage them in the class material and may even make them feel disempowered or disinterested. The other three options involve active participation or imaginative thinking related to the class content.

Three of the Following Strategies Should Engage Students' Interest in Class