From the following list, select the statements which indicate the characteristics and basic requirements of effective teaching.

Effective teaching depends on communication, entails building relationships with students, and marks the teachers most successful in helping learning, so statements 1, 2 and 5 are the answer.

Communication is the essence of teaching, since ideas must reach the learner clearly.

The ability to develop relationships with students builds the trust and climate that support learning.

Effective teachers are precisely those most successful in helping students learn.

Being a good seller of ideas (statement 3) is a persuasion metaphor, not a defining requirement of effective teaching.

Effective teaching is not always formal (statement 4); informal and active methods are often more effective.