Exam 11: Creating and Maintaining a Productive Classroom Environment

What is the main difference between beginning and expert teachers in their responses to student misbehaviour?

From a classroom management standpoint, the most suitable physical arrangement of a classroom is one that:

Which one of the following issues is usually most important to consider when a student behaves in an unacceptable fashion in the classroom?

Which one of the following examples is most consistent with the definition in the textbook of a misbehaviour?

Which of the following teachers is likely to be the most effective at a parent-teacher conference?

In three of the following situations, ignoring a student's misbehaviour might be the best approach to take.In which situation would ignoring not be advisable?

Ms.Paquette, a fifth grade teacher, wants all her students to be able to see her easily.She has read that the students nearest the teacher are more likely to pay attention and learn in class.Therefore, she arranges her classroom at the beginning of the year putting her desk in the center of the room and the students' desks in three concentric circles around hers.Identify the biggest problem with Ms.Paquette's arrangement.

Which one of the following is the most accurate representation of LeMare and Sohbat's (2002) findings regarding student perceptions of teacher characteristics that are related to help seeking?

Ms.Giesbrecht, a sixth grade teacher, is explaining an assignment.She notices two students passing notes to one another.While continuing to discuss the assignment, she moves toward the students and confiscates the written notes.Then she walks back to the front of the class without discontinuing her lecture and asks Mark, who is daydreaming, to answer a question.This scenario best illustrates:

The textbook recommends that when a teacher talks with a student about a chronic pattern of misbehaviour, he or she should do so in private rather than in front of classmates.Why?

As teachers, we should keep in regular contact with parents about how their children are performing and progressing in our classrooms.Describe four different strategies that you might use to open and/or maintain lines of communication with your students' parents.

Accroding to Canadian research on self-regulated learning which of the following is considered critical to the development of intrinsic motivation and self-regulated learning?

It is the first day of class, and you want to start off the school year on the right foot.Describe five different strategies that the textbook recommends for establishing a productive classroom-one in which students are working consistently toward achieving your instructional objectives.Describe each of these strategies in a short paragraph, being specific and concrete as to what you might do.

Cueing is an appropriate means of dealing with misbehaviour in the classroom when:

Which one of the following examples is consistent with what the textbook means by giving students a sense of control?

Three of the following are classroom strategies for working with students who have specific academic difficulties.Which one is not?

From the perspective of the textbook, which one of the following classrooms clearly reflects effective classroom management?

Stanley pokes his pencil point in Sharon's arm.The teacher gives him a stern look, and Stanley quickly puts his pencil back in his desk.The teacher's behaviour is an example of:

Mr.Jacobs is speaking privately with Alicia, who has obviously been having trouble paying attention in class over the past two weeks.Three of the following strategies are appropriate things for Mr.Jacobs to do.Which strategy is not recommended for a private conference with a student?

The classroom management strategy that is probably most important for students from diverse ethnic backgrounds is: