Knowing what you know about Marcie and Tara, which of the following actions on your part makes the most sense?
a. Move the pencil sharpener and the garbage can to different spaces in your classroom.
b. Tell Marcie she is going to lose the privilege of sharpening her pencil and throwing things away if she doesn't stop wandering.
c. Move Marcie's desk away from the door.
d. Talk to Tara's teacher and strategize with her about how to reduce the time the girls are wasting.
Ques. 2If you involve students in writing rules, you must leave classroom policies to their discretion.
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Ques. 3Content development activities allow students to think about new content and relate it to what they know.
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Ques. 4It is common for secondary teachers in certain curricular areas to use more than one textbook in a single course.
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Ques. 5The first thing to do when planning a lesson is to identify the activity you want the students to complete.
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Ques. 6Behaviors exhibited by authoritative teachers include
a. keeping students on their toes, changing expectations to teach flexibility, questioning and challenging student behavior.
b. explaining the basis for actions and decision, giving students increasing independence and responsibility, and administering consequences fairly and appropriately.
c. allowing students to set the classroom course, giving choice in as many situations as possible, and expecting students to figure things out for themselves.
d. providing a rigid structure, identifying and punishing instances of student non-compliance, and helping students develop a thick skin.
Ques. 7The chief concern when beginning a class period is ensuring that the students' attention is engaged when the teacher asks questions.
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Ques. 8Student attention is directly related to lesson flow.
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Ques. 9On the first day of class, Ms. Brown allowed students to choose their own seats and then proceeded to introduce herself and the classroom rules and some major procedures. Students were given an overview of course content and a preview of some alternative projects they might later choose to work on. Students were then required to complete a short worksheet reviewing some basic concepts from the previous year's work in the prerequisite course, and were dismissed by Ms. Brown when the bell rang. According to guidelines and examples in the text, Ms. Brown
a. should have given students a more challenging assignment.
b. should have spent the full period on rules, procedures, and course requirements.
c. should not have allowed students to choose their own seats on the first day.
d. had an acceptable first day plan.