A teacher wants to encourage her students to work cooperatively with one another as they study classroom subject matter.If she wants to use the concept of a setting event to encourage such cooperative behavior, she might:
A)Praise her students when they cooperate with one another
B)First assign an activity in which students cannot work with one another
C)Provide instructional materials that students can use only by working together
D)Say, "I like how Sally and John are helping one another today," loudly enough that other students can hear

Question

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Providing instructional materials that students can use only by working together creates a setting event that promotes cooperative behavior. The students will be motivated to work together to access the instructional materials, and in doing so they will learn and reinforce the skills of cooperative learning. The other options may provide positive reinforcement for cooperative behavior after it has already occurred, but they do not create a setting event to encourage such behavior in the first place.

A Teacher Wants to Encourage Her Students to Work Cooperatively