Question 1

Teachers who model their classroom management strategies on authoritative parenting are most likely to do which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Impose strict, nonnegotiable rules for behavior
B)  Explain why certain behaviors are unacceptable
C)  Be aloof and nonemotional in interactions with students
D)  Assign a lot of drill-and-practice exercises that promote automaticity B

Question 2

Students are most likely to follow classroom rules if they understand the reasons behind the rules.Below are four possible ways through which we might help students learn why we establish certain rules for classroom behavior.Which one is most consistent with recommendations offered in the textbook?

Accepted Answer

A)  Let the class operate without rules for the first week or two.
B)  Describe what a classroom with no rules and procedures would be like.
C)  If students are capable of abstract thought, explain how the classroom is in many respects a democracy.
D)  Have students discuss problems that arise in the classroom and develop possible ways of solving them. D

Question 3

Three of the following are examples of self-regulation as a means of addressing classroom misbehaviors.Which one is not a good example of self-regulation?

Accepted Answer

A)  A student tries hard to earn the reinforcer his teacher has told him he will get for good behavior.
B)  A student reminds herself in a whisper that she should raise her hand before speaking in class.
C)  A student thinks, "I paid better attention in class today.I'm going to reward myself by watching television when I get home from school."
D)  A student keeps track of the number of times he's gone to the pencil sharpener in a single day. A

Question 4

Three of the following are recommended strategies for getting students' parents involved in school activities.Which one is not recommended?

Accepted Answer

A)  Visit students' families at home if such visits are welcome.
B)  Ask that visits to class be limited to immediate family members.
C)  Invite parents to share their unique talents with your students.
D)  Find people who can interpret for parents who speak little or no English.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Why the student has decided to behave that way
B)  How much the behavior disrupts learning
C)  What the misbehaving student's mood is
D)  Whether the student has been a chronic behavior problem

Question 6

In three of the following situations, ignoring a student's misbehavior might be the best approach to take.Considering the textbook's discussion of this strategy, in which situation would ignoring not be advisable?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anita has whispered a juicy and apparently very amusing) piece of gossip to her friend, who in turn is passing it along to two others.
B)  Bill breaks a beaker and seems very remorseful that he has done so; he vows to be more careful in the future.
C)  Cathy is usually very attentive in class, but today when the teacher asks her a question, it's clear that she hasn't been listening.
D)  An entire class seems to be on a "sugar high" the day after Halloween.

Question 7

Mr.Finke is concerned about Ruth, a sullen, argumentative third grader who shows little interest in school subject matter and classroom assignments.She is so rude and defiant that Mr.Finke finds himself speaking to her only to chastise her for wrongdoings.Mr.Finke realizes that his relationship with Ruth has gotten off to a bad start and vows to remedy the situation.Three of the following strategies are consistent with the textbook's recommendations for addressing nonproductive teacher-student relationships.Which one is not consistent with its recommendations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Meet privately with Ruth to talk about her behavior and find out what her concerns are.
B)  Hold Ruth to less stringent rules for behavior until she and Mr.Finke can form a more productive relationship.
C)  Talk with colleagues about hypotheses about Ruth's behavior that might yield effective remedies.
D)  Seek the permission of Ruth's parents to take her to her favorite fast-food restaurant for lunch on a Saturday afternoon.

Question 8

Which one of the following strategies is most consistent with the textbook's recommendations for dealing with rule infractions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unless there are extenuating circumstances, all students should be treated consistently when they break a rule.
B)  Consequences for misbehavior should be tailored to students' unique temperaments.
C)  Teachers need to be more lenient when dealing with students who have emotional and behavioral disorders.
D)  High achievers should be held to higher standards for classroom behavior than low achievers.

Question 9

Which one of the following is the best example of cognitive behavioral therapy as a means of helping a student acquire effective social skills?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gradually shaping more prosocial behaviors over a period of several months
B)  Modeling effective interpersonal behaviors and reinforcing the student for using them with peers
C)  Simply asking a student to reflect on how his or her existing behaviors are probably alienating classmates
D)  Beginning with continual reinforcement of appropriate social behavior and then switching to intermittent reinforcement once such behavior occurs frequently

Question 10

In which one of the following situations would it be best to ignore a student's behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fritz and Irene are throwing paper airplanes across the room at each other.
B)  Jim keeps pulling Jackie's hair while she is trying to work at her desk.
C)  Harriet gets up to sharpen her pencil at least once every ten minutes.
D)  Mary asks a classmate to clarify an assignment and then returns to her work.

Question 11

Three of the following strategies are recommended for conducting effective parent- teacher conferences.Which strategy is not necessarily recommended?

Accepted Answer

A)  Minimize your use of educational jargon.
B)  Encourage parents to share their perspectives and ideas.
C)  Prepare ahead of time by reviewing what you know about the student.
D)  Emphasize that the student's education is ultimately your responsibility rather than that of parents.

Question 12

From the perspective of the textbook, which one of the following classrooms best illustrates effective classroom management?

Accepted Answer

A)  While Mr.Alton works with a reading group, most of his other students are doing their assigned seatwork, although a handful of them are giggling in the corner about something that happened in the lunchroom earlier.
B)  In his physical education class, Mr.Berg works with the students who seem truly interested in learning the long jump.Those students who don't want to try the jump are allowed to sit on the sidelines and talk quietly among themselves.
C)  While Ms.Carrera sits at her desk in the front of the classroom, her students are doing assignments independently at their desks.As long as the classroom is quiet, she overlooks the whispering, note passing, and mindless doodling that is occurring.
D)  Ms.Demaine's students are busily working on their math assignments in groups of three or four students each.The classroom gets a bit noisy at times when a group disagrees about how to do a problem.

Question 13

When we compare beginning teachers with experienced teachers in terms of how they think about student misbehaviors, we find that experienced teachers are more likely to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Consider how to change instruction to avert future problems
B)  Plan and implement complex behavior management programs
C)  Attribute students' behaviors to internal but unstable causes
D)  Depend heavily on extrinsic reinforcers

Question 14

Which one of the following statements most accurately describes aggression and violence in U.S.schools?

Accepted Answer

A)  They have been on the increase over the past decade, especially in urban schools.
B)  They have been on the increase over the past decade, especially in rural areas.
C)  Mild forms of aggression are common at school; violent crime is rare and has declined in recent years.
D)  On average, about 5% of high school students are victims of violent crimes at school each year; this figure has remained constant since 1980.

Question 15

The textbook recommends that teachers coordinate their efforts with people in the community at large.Which one of the following examples most clearly illustrates the spirit of its recommendation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ms.Argersinger asks students to use their new vocabulary words when they have conversations at home with their parents.
B)  Mr.Byers spends one Saturday a month in the local university library keeping up to date on the latest educational research.
C)  Ms.Chimenis brings a newspaper article to class that describes recent advances in genetic engineering.
D)  Mr.Deyermond consults with a parole officer about how they might work together to keep several at-risk students in school.

Question 16

Which one of the following best illustrates collective self-efficacy of teachers?

Accepted Answer

A)  The teachers at West Middle School confer weekly about students who they believe are at risk for academic failure, and they are confident that by working together, they can help these students be successful at school.
B)  The teachers at South Elementary School have coordinated what they do at each grade level so that at any particular grade, students master the knowledge and skills they will need in the following grade.
C)  The English teachers at East High School have agreed on how they will teach the required freshman English class.That way, students will have a similar classroom experience no matter which teacher they have for the course.
D)  A third-grade teacher and a fourth-grade teacher at North Elementary School have combined their two classes into a single, larger class.Sometimes they team-teach the entire group.At other times they divide the class into two smaller groups, one of which is ready for more advanced work than the other.

Question 17

Planned, systematic interventions are most often recommended as means of dealing with misbehaviors when:

Accepted Answer

A)  The misbehavior is relatively mild in nature
B)  The student's parents say that the behavior occurs at home as well
C)  The behavior continues to interfere with a student's classroom performance despite other interventions
D)  A student wants to improve his or her behavior but doesn't know how to go about doing so

Question 18

Under what circumstances should teachers confer with parents about a student's misbehavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Any time the student shows disregard for the feelings of fellow students
B)  Only when the misbehavior is in clear violation of local or federal law
C)  Any time the student shows no interest in improving his or her behavior
D)  When a chronic problem has implications for a student's success over the long run

Question 19

Which one of the following statements is consistent with the textbook's recommendation regarding how to deal with students' feelings about classroom assignments and activities?

Accepted Answer

A)  "I know you won't mind sitting quietly for an hour this morning while we have a guest speaker."
B)  "I'm sure you won't mind staying in from recess today to finish this assignment.It's too hot to play baseball anyway."
C)  "It isn't always fun to rewrite something you've already written once, but practice in editing will help you become better writers."
D)  "If you think about it, you'll certainly realize that doing your homework is a better way to spend the evening than watching television."

Question 20

Three of the following describe recommendations that the textbook offers for helping students with special needs.Which statement is inconsistent with the textbook's recommendations?

Accepted Answer

A)  When students have significant general delays in cognitive development, give them explicit feedback about their behavior.
B)  When students have specific cognitive or academic difficulties, teach them strategies for organizing their time more effectively.
C)  When students have social or behavioral problems, vary the classroom routine considerably from one day to the next.
D)  Give students with physical disabilities any additional time they may need to complete assigned tasks.

Exam 13: Creating a Productive Learning Environment