Ch+4+Objectives

After completing this chapter, the student should be able to achieve the following objectives:
 * Explain that the young people in the schools reflect great diversity and, at the same time, share certain common characteristics
 * Identify selected characteristics of learners likely to be present in many elementary, middle, and high school classrooms
 * Describe how teaching practices may be influenced by the diversity reflected in the classroom
 * Cite examples of age-and development-related characteristics of young people that one might expect to see at different grade levels
 * Describe some teacher characteristics that seem to be associated with learner success at different grade levels
 * Explain why it is important for teachers to help learners develop a sense of self-efficacy