Fourteen-year-old Wayne has a history of aggressive behavior toward other students, and so his ...

Fourteen-year-old Wayne has a history of aggressive behavior toward other students, and so his classmates have naturally kept their distance from him over the years.
 
  But Wayne has worked extensively with the school counselor in recent months, and his interpersonal behavior has improved dramatically. Wayne's teachers must remember, however, that:
 
   a. Such improvement is likely to be short-lived.
   b. Other students will continue to reject Wayne unless they can be convinced that he has changed.
   c. Wayne's self-esteem regarding his ability to succeed at academic tasks is likely to have decreased in the meantime.
   d. Wayne's aggressive behavior is likely to reappear whenever he is placed in a competitive situation.

Ques. 2

Three of the following strategies are consistent with the textbook's discussion of bullying. Which one is not consistent?
 
  a. Offer emotional support to the victims of bullies, and help them make friends with students who might protect them against future bullying.
  b. Help students get a good understanding of what bullying is, pointing out that it can involve either physical or psychological harm.
  c. Ignore minor incidents of bullying if the victims are immature and need some toughening up.
  d. Create a system through which students can anonymously report incidents of bullying they see in the halls, on the playground, and elsewhere.

Ques. 3

Which one of the following teacher behaviors is most likely to promote students' social development?
 
  a. Ms. Grice allows her fourth graders to fight with the class bully so that he will learn from their negative feedback.
  b. Mr. Freeman takes his sixth-grade class to see a violent film and then stresses the importance of not engaging in such violence.
  c. Ms. Little isolates those students who can't get along with others so that they don't promote discord in the classroom.
  d. Mr. Tutwiler describes the prosocial behaviors he expects of his students and gives concrete examples of such behaviors.

Ques. 4

Which one of the following examples best illustrates a student who has had training in peer mediation?
 
  a. At the request of his teacher, Saul makes a check mark on an index card every time Robert speaks out in class without permission. At the end of each hour, Saul tells Robert how many check marks he has made.
  b. Melinda and Forrest work together on their math homework, thinking carefully about how to do each problem and then taking it one step at a time.
  c. LaVonda and Sally take turns reading excerpts from their textbook; they occasionally stop to reflect on how the new information relates to what they have previously learned.
  d. When he sees two of his classmates arguing at lunch, Abbott joins them and encourages each of them to look at the conflict from the other's perspective.

Ques. 5

Anita's idea of how to interact with her classmates is to tease or insult them. Not surprisingly, she has few friends. Her teacher can best help her by:
 
  a. Doing nothing, because her peers are the most effective teachers of what she needs to know
  b. Asking the principal to move Anita to a different classroom
  c. Encouraging classmates to reciprocate by teasing and insulting her, so that she will know how such treatment feels
  d. Explicitly teaching her more effective ways to interact with her peers

Ques. 6

If teachers want to promote perspective taking in students, probably the best strategy is to:
 
  a. Tell students, Keep an open mind about things
  b. Have students tutor children at a younger grade level
  c. Have students listen to one another's points of view about an issue
  d. Punish students when they act in an extremely self-centered fashion

Ques. 7

Mr. King runs a tight ship in his middle school math classes. At the beginning of each class, he gives a 10-minute explanation of a new concept or procedure, and then he hands out worksheets that students complete independently at their desks.
 
  Which one of the following students has a temperament that is probably the best match with Mr. King's classroom?
 
   a. Grant loves risk and adventure.
   b. Donna is cheerful and outgoing.
   c. Fiona is always full of energy.
   d. Jayson is quiet and diligent.