Teacher's Expectations can Influence how students perform

Robert Rosenthan, a Harvard professor did an experiment at an elementary school south of San Francico. This experiemt was to give kids an IQ test, take random students test and told the teachers that these kids were on the verge of intellectual bloom. The teacher knew these kids were higher educated then the others so they treated them differently. They let them focus more and have more time on stuff. This isn't fair to the other kids who may not be at smart so may need more time to answer questions. My favorite part of this article is the example of a boy who jumps up and down when the teachers ask a question and yells at him for being excited. That is not the way to react. It makes the boys attitude go down. Teachers needs to tell the boy to calm down but reinforce it by asking him to answer the question.