选修8 Unit 4 Pygmalion 单元主题语篇训练（Word练习）-【创新方案】2024高考英语一轮复习一轮复习（老教材 新高考）

第1页共5页 色学科网书城四 品牌书店·知名教辅·正版资源 b.zxxk.com 您身边的互联网+教辅专家 选修8Unit4单元主题语篇训练 1小解 A The work of Rosenthal and Jacobson shows that teachers'expectations influence students'performance.Positive expectations influence performance positively,and negative expectations influence performance negatively. Rosenthal and Jacobson originally described the phenomenon as the Pygmalion effect.Rosenthal wrote in 1985,"When we expect certain behaviors of others,we are likely to act in ways that make the expected behavior more likely to occur." The original research of Rosenthal and Jacobson focused on an experiment at an elementary school where students took intelligence pre-tests.Rosenthal and Jacobson then informed the teachers of the names of 20%of the students in the school who were showing "unusual potential for intellectual growth"and would have excellent academic performance within the year.Unknown to the teachers,these students were selected randomly with no relation to the pre-test. When Rosenthal and Jacobson tested the students eight months later,they discovered that the randomly selected students who the teachers thought would perform excellently scored much higher.Why does the Pygmalion effect occur?If the teacher thinks the students can't achieve very much,or are not bright enough,he/she may tend to teach simple stuff,do lots of drills,read from his/her notes,and give simple assignments calling for simplistic answers, according to scientists. Therefore,there are some practical tips for teachers:Never forecast failure in the classroom.If you know a test is particularly difficult,tell your students that the test is difficult but you are sure that they will do well if they work hard to prepare for it.Do not participate in gripe sessions about students. Teachers who gripe about students are establishing a culture of failure for their students,their department and their own teaching.Establish high expectations. Students achieve more when teachers have higher expectations.When you