Exam 13: Creating Learning Environments

Which one of the following behaviours would be considered an "assertive response" to a discipline problem?

Time when students are actually succeeding at the learning task is referred to as

Although specific consequences may be established for specific misbehaviour, a logical consequence for many infractions is

Explain the differences between hostile, passive, and assertive responses to misbehaviour.

Kounin listed four "problem-prevention" skills: (1) withitness; (2) overlapping; (3) group focus; and (4) movement management. Define each skill. Draw an example of each skill from your own experiences.

In the area of movement management, a common error is

Select either an elementary or secondary teaching situation and discuss the types of rules that need to be established and the procedures for communicating the rules to students. When rules are broken, what types of penalties are appropriate for that age level?

Which of the following seating arrangements is likely to be most effective in encouraging all students to participate in a brief brainstorming session?

A teacher who listens carefully to a student and then tries to paraphrase what the student is saying and feeling is using ________ listening.

The most important thing for secondary teachers to do with regard to classroom management is to enforce the established consequences for incomplete work.

Thomas Gordon stresses that the first step in solving a problem is to determine

What is the key element underlying participation structures for different classroom activities?

If you use empathetic listening in a discussion with a student, there is likely to be an increase in what type of behaviour?

Experts agree there are times when teachers must use grades as a means of discipline or penalty for misbehaviour.

Keeping track of and supervising several activities at the same time is called ________.

Expert teachers primarily use detention to

The purpose of using choral responses is to establish

The most effective set of classroom rules is one that specifically spells out as many of the "dos and don'ts" as possible.

According to Jacob Kounin's strategy for effective management, the key goal is

The essential difference between rules and procedures is that rules are