Ms. Simone teaches high school freshmen who often enter the high school scene feeling disconnected and overwhelmed. She wants to create a caring community and help these freshmen feel a sense of belonging. Which of the following actions is most likely to help her achieve her goal?
a. Ms. Simone might friend of her students on social media to encourage connections outside the classroom.
b. Ms. Simone should get student feedback about topics of study but not about her teaching or classroom management practices.
c. Ms. Simone might conduct weekly academic skill contests that involve individual competition for the top rank in the class.
d. Ms. Simone should get to know the students as individuals and learn their interests.
Ques. 2Which of the following teachers is MOST likely to have behavior problems in the classroom?
a. I teach my students to compliment rather than criticizing one another in the classroom and on the playground.
b. I avoid monitoring or disrupting students when they are working independently and I am grading papers.
c. I assign helpers who have advanced skills to help students who have problems with their writing lesson while I am working with reading groups.
d. I teach students the self-regulation skill of counting to three and walking away if they cannot resolve an argument and control their frustration.
Ques. 3Mrs. Franks is explaining a new concept in her algebra class. Some of the students are paying attention and trying to grasp the new concept, but two studentsflip small paper wads to each other every time Mrs. Franks turns toward the white board and another tosses a big wad into the air as a distraction. Which classroom management skill does Mrs. Franks need to demonstrate in this situation?
a. Group focus
b. Overlapping
c. Withitness
d. Movement management
Ques. 4Mrs. Fuller is dealing with a classroom management issue involving an argument in one of her groups. The second graders were working at the math center and discussing the best way to share the make-believe pizza. Tomas said he should have more than the other children because he is bigger. Mrs. Fuller is dealing with an issue that is best described as:
a. social convention.
b. distributive justice.
c. personal choice.
d. morality of cooperation.
Ques. 5Ms. Ashley wants to build cohesion among the students in her history class and encourage all students to participate in a brainstorming session about problems with their last simulation project and plans for their next project. What seating arrangement is likely to be most effective in helping her achieve her goal?
a. Fishbowl
b. Horizontal rowsfacing the front
c. Clusters of four
d. Horizontal rows on opposite sides facing each other
Ques. 6Which of the following students has an incremental view of ability?
a. Cassidy is trying different strategies for learning her vocabulary words. She is sure she will find a strategy that works for her.
b. Devon knows his dad did well in math when he was a student, but Devon believes he got his mom's genes and can't do as well as his dad.
c. Staci makes good grades in literature, but she doesn't understand science. She knows there's nothing she can do to make high grades in science.
d. Marcus's teacher asked him if he wanted to use the tutorial on the computer. He said it wouldn't help.He said his teachers have always told him he doesn't have a mind for math.
Ques. 7Which of the following teachers apparently did NOT establish classroom procedures?
a. Mrs. Gilbert reads aloud to students from a chapter book every day after lunch, and during today's reading two students went to the trashcan and one sharpened her pencil.
b. Students in Mr. Carpenter's class put their homework in the homework tray as soon as they store their personal items at their seats in the mornings.
c. Ms. Lopez's students move their desks into groups of four when she says it's time for group activities in math class.
d. The fourth grade students in Mr. Thomas's class talk excitedly about the upcoming field trip until he tells them to form a quiet line for lunch.
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