Question

Rod's science teacher has a list of objectives that must be met for the year but they can be met by completing many different types of assignments. The teacher allows the students to select the projects that interest them, and the students set their own goals and make their own plans to reach them. According to research, Rod is likely toA) have higher achievement gains in science.B) pick the easiest assignments even if some of the more difficult ones interest him more.C) do a poor job on his assignments because he picked them rather than the teacher.D) do none of these.

Answer 1

A) have higher achievement gains in science.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the teacher allows her students to select the projects that interest them, Rod is more likely to select the project of is interest and set his own personal goal to complete and do the project.

Rod is free to make their own plans to reach the objectives of the project. This will help Rod to explore more on the project because it interests him and he will learn more on the topic and will gain more.

Thus Rod will have higher achievement gains in science.

Hence the answer is

A) have higher achievement gains in science.