A problem with reliance on teacher authority as a means of solving conflicts is that
a. few students respect teacher authority.
b. neither the teacher nor the students obtain a satisfactory resolution.
c. it may produce hostility and student resentment.
d. it requires too much teacher time.
Ques. 2A student in your eighth-grade science class is working on an assignment and cries out, This is boring She stops working. Which of the following responses is appropriate on your part?
a. Redirect the student's behavior with a comment like, Get busy right now.
b. Ask the student to explain to the class what she finds boring about this work.
c. Agree that this IS boring material, but that sometimes we just have to learn boring stuff.
d. Evaluate her work to ensure that it is appropriate for her.
e. Reduce the amount of work she has to do.
Ques. 3A danger of using empathic responding during problem identification is that the student's explanations may simply be a means of avoiding responsibility.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 4Reality therapy insists that the student accept responsibility for his/her behavior.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 5Your students are working independently. As you circulate through the room monitoring their progress, you notice that Thomas, whose desk is in the center of the room, is not able to do a part of the assignment that is more complex. You know that you need to spend several minutes explaining the idea to him. You
a. ask him to move to your desk in the front of the room and explain the idea there.
b. stand by his desk and work with him quietly.
c. work with him, stopping to answer the questions of those students whose hands are raised.
d. tell Thomas to ask another student how to do the work.
Ques. 6When it comes to behavior management, reactive measures are more desirable than preventive ones.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 7Most students exhibit inappropriate behavior on occasion.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 8Mr. Lutz is getting ready to hold conferences with the parents of two of his students, Mercedes and Tolbert, whose behavior has been challenging of late. He wants to communicate in a way that the parents see him as an ally rather than an adversary. Which of the following skills is most important for him to use as he begins the conferences?
a. Communicating his appreciation for their child and for their willingness to be involved, then explaining that his goal is to work together for the good of the student.
b. Getting right to the matter of concern, because the problem is potentially serious and parents should know up front that this is the case.
c. Asking them what concerns they have about their children's school experiences, and responding to those, hoping that the parents are seeing some of the same problem behaviors that he has.
d. Telling them that he really needs their help in figuring out to do with their children, who have been disobedient bullies for the last few weeks.
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