Johnny is clowning around and whispering to his peers while you are teaching a lesson at the front of the classroom.You've given him the look, but he didn't catch on to why you were making eye contact with him. The next thing you should probably try to get Johnny back on task would be to:
a. continue with your lesson, but walk over and stand close to Johnny.
b. Say, Johnny, you didn't notice that I was signaling to you to straighten up. So now I have to interrupt the lesson and remind you of how to behave. I'm so disappointed in you.
c. write Johnny a referral and send him to the office.
d. ignore Johnny's behavior because it is not really serious enough to intervene.
Ques. 2Bjorn is sitting at his desk in the middle of the room when Mrs. Purcell realizes that he is off task. The other students are quietly working on seatwork. From which physical position would you recommend Mrs. Purcell attempt to discern why Bjorn isn't working?
a. standing next to Bjorn's desk
b. kneeling or squatting beside Bjorn's desk
c. having Bjorn stand beside her as she sits at the teacher's desk
d. standing at the front of the room
Ques. 3A good rule of thumb for teachers to follow when deciding what intervention to employ when students are misbehaving is to
a. intervene in a swift and clearly-defined way so that there are no surprises for the students.
b. intervene in the least intrusive way and in the way that maintains the most positive feelings among all members of the group.
c. demonstrate the same level of emotion and the same nonverbal cues as the student of concern.
d. avoid intervening unless the emotional or physical well-being of the student or another class member is at risk.
Ques. 4When discipline is addressed through instruction, with appropriate behavior taught in a routine and ________ manner.
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Ques. 5Classroom managers should always take into consideration the steadily increasing student ________ in the classroom.
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Ques. 6Which of the following statements reflects the likely reason that so many veteran teachers resort to authoritarian methods when students exhibit disruptive behavior?
a. Students do not respond well in the face of interventions that they perceive to be implemented by teachers who are non-confrontational.
b. By the time they notice a student misbehaving, teachers are often so angry that they bypass methods they perceive as soft in favor of more severe ones.
c. Authoritarian methods have been shown in research studies to result in longer-lasting behavior change.
d. Teachers tend to rely on the strategies that are most familiar to them the ones that were used when they themselves were students.
Ques. 7Some teachers might have the help of subject-area and instructional specialists, but most schools expect teachers to have a well-developed classroom management philosophy, as well as workable ________ strategies.
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Ques. 8Students most commonly assume that learning is evidenced by
a. how much or how little they are enjoying the material under study.
b. how much assistance they require as they master new material.
c. their grades, particularly in relation to those of their peers.
d. whether or not they advance to the next grade level each year.
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