385 Midterm

You're interviewing Mrs. Blankenship, a first-year teacher who recently graduated from college and earned her teaching license. Given the information in Chapter 1 of our text, which statement is she most likely to utter when you ask her about her experience?

"I have several students with serious and ongoing behavior on my roll, and they make managing the classroom challenging".

Maslow would be likely to make which of the following statements?

"If a student is hungry, or worried about where he's going to sleep tonight, he is less likely to be focused on his school behavior and performance

According to our text, which of the following is not identified as necessary to the effective implementation of comprehensive classroom management skills?

Collaborating with other adults who show initiative in assisting children with behavior management

Which statement about developing classroom norms for behavior and classroom procedures is false?

Developing/explaining rules should be done on the first day of school to set the context for the year.

A teacher concerned with eliminating institutional racism would do all but which of the following?

Identify the classroom as a "culture free" zone where everyone is treated equally

Liadan is performing poorly in activities that require her to collaborate with her peers. Mrs. Ramirez observes Liadan's interactions within the group and determines that Liadan is largely ignored by other group members, and that the few contributions she tries to make are typically overtly rejected. When this happens, Liadan responds angrily, saying loudly, "I don't care about y'all at all." Which statement is likely true in this situation?

Liadan's poor academic performance may be directly related to the issue with the group dynamics.

Jihae is a student upon whom Mr. Phillips expends a tremendous amount of time and energy. He understands that she had had some life experiences that have left her withdrawn and suspicious of others' motives. He seems undismayed that Jihae treats him somewhat coolly and dismissively. This aspect of Mr. Phillip's relationship with Jihae is most reflective of his commitment to which of Elkind's implicit adult-child contracts?

Loyalty-commitment

Dreikurs

Misbehavior is driven by a need for social acceptance

Research into the effectiveness of PBIS (Positive behavior intervention support) indicated that all but which of the following are true?

PBIS's focus on culturally sensitive instruction has been shown to significantly reduce misbehavior

According to the information in Chapter three, which of the following classroom qualities is the foundation of effective classroom management?

Positive teacher-student relationships

Which of the following statements about cyberbullying is false?

Posting embarrassing pictures of a peer does not meet the criteria for cyberbullying.

Which student is most likely to experience bullying at school?

Shonté, a student who identifies as bisexual

What are the key components of a trauma-sensitive classroom?

Structure; calm environment; good relationships; understanding backgrounds

Glasser asserts that there are three levels at which students can satisfy their need for power of involvement in school. Which of the following is not one of the levels identified by Glasser?

Students believe that their teachers will provide them the answers they seek without delving deeply into the potential reasons for the situation

All but which of the following are likely when teachers have under-developed or under-utilized classroom management skills?

Students develop increased social capital.

Which of the following factors is NOT, according to Coppersmith, associated with the development of high self-esteem?

Students view themselves as socioeconomically on par with their peers

Which of the following statements about peer relationships in schools is false?

Students who are excluded from supportive peer relationships are likely to experience emotional struggles but generally do as well as or better than their peers academically.

The text asserts that all but which of the following explain why classroom management is an ongoing problem?

Teachers sometimes respond to student misbehavior

A student's challenging behavior often represents

a mismatch between the student's skills and the expectations of the school environment

Dreikurs asserted that student misbehavior is directly attributable to

a need for social acceptance

Some theorists, in discussing students' alienation from their teachers, purport that student misbehavior most likely indicates

a need to distance themselves from teachers they see as uncaring, inconsistent, and unsupportive

Topper

all behavior is purposeful in that it serves some needs

During a lesson you're observing, Ms. McFail asks Deaver a question for which the student cannot immediately provide an answer. Ms. McFail could reasonably try all of the following strategies, but which one is least likely to be helpful in terms of student's learning?

allowing the student to pass to avoid the discomfort he may be feeling

At its core, classroom management is not a series of techniques and strategies; it is, instead, an exercise in

analyzing why students are unsuccessful/ noncompliant and identifying which needs are not being met in the current teaching/ learning environment

Base groups

are heterogeneous in composition.

Which of the following is NOT a consideration when teachers and school officials respond to instances of bullying?

asking the victim to consider how he/she could avoid being bullied in the future

Classroom rules and procedures should be carefully monitored and enforced

at all times of the year.

Maslow

basic needs take precedence over higher-level ones, but all behavior reflects unmet need at some level

Which of the following topics do the authors assert causes the greatest amount of concern for teachers, parents, and students?

classroom discipline

When working in their group, four of Mr. Massey's students begin to argue about which responsibility should be handled by which person, and about whether the work being done is of equivalent difficulty across all group members. At which stage of group development is this set of students most likely functioning?

control

Teachers who are warm, approving, encouraging, and appreciative of student effort are more likely to

enhance students' ability to regulate their own behavior

Classroom behavior improves when the teacher focuses on:

establishing and maintaining an effective learning environment

Which of the following behaviors might best help teachers understand students' academic failure and misbehavior?

examining classroom and school environments to see which students needs are not being met

Response to Intervention is an approach that focuses on:

facilitating student mastery of learning objectives through careful assessment and implementation of highly structured interventions

To have the most lasting and positive effect when inappropriate behavior occurs, teachers should

help students consider the effect their behavior has on others and the long-term consequences associated with continuing the behavior.

Students often come from home environments where the standards for behavior are very different from those of the school environment. The authors recommend that when they see these common-but-unacceptable-at-school behaviors, teachers

help students understand the contexts in which certain behaviors are acceptable and assist them as they develop appropriate school behaviors.

Which of the following teacher actions is most associated with defiant student behavior and a less-than-positive classroom or school climate?

insisting firmly that students complete assignments, work hard, and demonstrate unquestioning respect

On the first day of school, Mrs. Rose singles Megan out by telling her that she had her sister a few years earlier. Mrs. Rose goes on by saying "If you're anything like your sister, this will be a very difficult year for you." This is an example of what type of teacher behavior?

intentionally disinviting

Lipsitz contends that adolescents need all but which of the following?

parental and teacher approval

Erikson asserts that each stage of human psychosocial development

reflects either a key attainment or an emotional liability

Given the current emphasis on mastery of content and preparation for state and national assessments, administrators with adequate knowledge of classroom management would most likely be pleased if a teacher's group-building activities were

related to the curriculum the teacher is responsible for delivering

For Glasserm which of the following circumstances would be of critical importance to successful schools?

students are given opportunities to make decisions and choices as they complete meaningful work

Glasser

students must have a sense of control over their learning

With regard to classroom management on the first day of school, teachers should be most committed to

teaching and practicing classroom procedures.

Multiple researchers have shown that smooth classroom functioning throughout the year can be traced back to:

the teacher's planning and organization during the first weeks of school

Ideally, the feedback we give students will help them attribute success or failure to

their effort

When teachers are concerned about their ability to maintain positive student behavior, they are least likely to:

utilize highly-engaging classroom activities