AGENCY.005

AGENCY.005

A four-quadrant chart illustrating the relationship between learner supports and expectations of students. The vertical axis represents learner supports, increasing upward, and the horizontal axis represents expectations of students, increasing to the right. The top-right quadrant is green and labeled “Productive Struggle” with “High expectations, high support.” The top-left quadrant is yellow and labeled “Learned Helplessness” with “Low expectations, high support.” The bottom-right quadrant is yellow and labeled “Frustration” with “High expectations, low support.” The bottom-left quadrant is red and labeled “Apathy” with “Low expectations, low support.” The image is credited to Spencer Education and visually represents how balancing high expectations with high support leads to productive struggle.

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