Components of effective seatwork activities include all of the following except
a. thorough content development prior to seatwork assignment.
b. all materials and resources readily available.
c. clear communication of lesson objectives.
d. having students begin the task, work for 15 minutes, and then stop to check their progress.
Ques. 2Management problems are common during transitions.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 3Mia is the quietest student in your class. She never volunteers to answer questions you ask during lessons, and she rarely interacts with the other students unless they approach her first. You are going to begin using regular discussions to help your students understand concepts in history. You know that Mia will not be a willing participant. You decide to
a. occasionally ask Mia to give her opinion or to paraphrase another student's comments.
b. allow Mia to participate as little as she wishes.
c. tell the rest of the class that since Mia needs to learn to participate, you are going to ask her to begin the discussion each time.
d. tell students that they must each make three comments during the discussion.
Ques. 4You are teaching a chemistry lesson and notice that Desiree has her hairbrush out. You just know she's going to begin using it at any minute, so you give her the look, silently communicating that she should put it away. You have handled the situation without interruption to your lesson. Which of Kounin's classroom management skills have you exhibited?
a. smoothness
b. group alerting
c. withitness
d. encouraging accountability
Ques. 5During recitation, frequent incorrect student answers are MOST LIKELY to signal
a. that students didn't do their homework for the day.
b. that students are not paying attention to the questions you are asking.
c. that you need to slow your rate of questioning.
d. that you need to re-teach the materials.
Ques. 6Greater student engagement will occur during seatwork activities when the teacher
a. circulates and provides brief assistance to students.
b. identifies a few students who need assistance the most and works mainly with them.
c. stays at his/her desk and permits students to come up as needed for help.
d. works at his/her desk and also assigns a student the role of class helper.
Ques. 7Mr. Chips hears a book dropping and continuing commotion during his lesson; he also notices the sounds coming from the direction of the back of the room where Bubba and Madonna are sitting. According to Kounin, which of the following teacher actions would be most appropriate?
a. Tell Bubba to desist and Madonna will get the message if she did it.
b. Ignore the behavior.
c. Say, I hear noise; this is time for listening.
d. First, be sure who is making the noise; then issue a desist.
Ques. 8Ms. Carmel hangs a Do not disturb sign on her door so she won't be interrupted by the school messengers during the time she uses for whole class instruction. Ms. Carmel would probably rate high in
a. smoothness.
b. accountability.
c. group alerting.
d. withitness.
Ques. 9When a lesson is complex, the authors recommend that teachers
a. let students absorb the information in whatever way works best for them.
b. try to boil the complicated topics down to their essence.
c. give students a copy of all their own notes on the subject.
d. provide students with an outline of the content to be covered.
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