Mr. Franks creates a classroom environment in which his elementary students work productively at centers and engage in group activities to apply principles they are learning. His established routines help students stay on track and maximize learning time. Which aspect of Robert Pianta's model is most closely associated with these characteristics of Mr. Franks' teaching?
a. affective dimensions
b. cognitive dimensions
c. behavioral dimensions
d. relational dimensions
Ques. 2Heather is a bright middle school student who usually does well in language arts. She loves to read and enjoys a wide range of authors and types of literature. However, she doesn't like to write. She finds writing tedious and occasionally doesn't do her best work on writing assignments. Currently the class is learning to research a topic and write informational reports, being cautious about citing sources and presenting ideas in their own words. During class, Heather becomes impatient about summarizing ideas in her own words and complains to the teacher that she hates this assignment. The teacher responds by saying, Didn't you learn to summarize in elementary school? If you actually read the article you'd be able to do this in a snap. Stop complaining and get busy.
First, discuss who owns this problem of Heather's hating the assignment.
Thenexplain why this teacher's approach is NOT effective.
Next, describe what the teacher might do to deal with the problem positively.
Ques. 3Justin is one of the popular boys in eighth grade. He likes attention and enjoys having the younger kids look up to him. He especially likes the reputation of being the leader of the group of guys he hangs out with.One morning two girls in Ms. Armstrong's homeroom reported to her that Justin tweeted lies about them to the other students in class. He made sexually explicit claims about his relationship with them.
Explain how Ms. Armstrong might deal with the victims and with Justin and how she might effectively approach the topic with the class.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 4McKenna Williams is a reflective teacher. She has noticed an increasing number of students not completing their independent seatwork in language and spelling. She expects students to take responsibility for working independently while she works with small reading groups. Now she wonders whether she should start allowing students to work together in pairs or trios rather than continuing to require them to work quietly on an individual basis. Her common sense tells her that she should continue to require quiet individual work. Her colleague Cal Sitton disagrees. He allows his students to work in pairs. McKenna respects her colleague Cal and knows he has more experience teaching than she does. But she doesn't want to mirror his teaching without reason or evidence that his strategies are more effective. How might she research this question in her own classroom and produce evidence to support one approach over another?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5African Americans and Latino/a Americans, especially males, are punished more often and more harshly than other students, but they do not commit more serious offenses. How are teachers using culturally responsive management to address this inequity?
a. Teachers demonstrate greater leniency with African American and Latino/a American students to compensate for the inequity.
b. Teachers hold other students accountable for modeling appropriate behaviors in order to bridge the culture gap.
c. Teachers combine high expectations for appropriate behavior and warm teacher-student relationships.
d. Teachers instruct these students in majority culture behaviors before holding them accountable for meeting high behavioral expectations.
Ques. 6In which situation does the teacher use the no-lose method to resolve conflict with a student?
a. The teacher asserts his authority to ensure that the student knows who is in charge in his classroom.
b. Teacher and student come up with several possible solutions to the problem, evaluate each one, and choose one solution.
c. The teacher ignores the conflict unless the student continues to repeat the behavior and attitudes that precipitated the conflict.
d. Teacher and student agree that the student's behavior is inappropriate and decide on consequences for future infractions.
Ques. 7Mr. Mills instructs his students to practice the steps in the process over and over. As a result of students' practice, what is happening in their brains?
a. Overproduction of neurons in the amygdala
b. Strengthening of connections between neurons
c. Pruning of neurons in the amygdala
d. Increase in number of axons per neuron
Ques. 8Kayla arrives late to Mr. Roper's class after returning from a dental appointment. Mr. Roper is thinking, She's late again. How frustrating However, he manages to ask, Why are you late? Kayla hears the words, but believes Mr. Roper is angry and judging her. What about Mr. Roper's communication most likely led Kayla to think Mr. Roper was angry and judging her?
a. Mr. Roper probably speaks loudly.
b. Most likely Mr. Roper said more to Kayla than merely asking her why she was late.
c. Kayla actually misunderstood what Mr. Roper said.
d. Mr. Roper's tone of voice and other nonverbal behaviors sent a message.
Ques. 9Damien is often described as a hotheaded high school student. In general, he does not respect women, and acts out particularly in Ms. Monroe's class. Today he came into class arguing with Samantha, one of the other students. She wasn't intimidated by his threat, so he grabbed her book bag off her shoulder and shoved her toward the wall. Another student retrieved the book bag and ordered Damien to grow up. Damien pushed that student also. Ms. Monroe called Damien by name. According to recommended guidelines, what should she do as she continues to deal with this situation?
a. Tell him to meet her in the hallway
b. Threaten to send for the principal
c. Suspend him from school immediately
d. Point to Damien and reprimand him in front of others to show her authority
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