CLASSROOM AND BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT

The steps teachers take to optimize learning by shaping their classroom environment, engaging students in learning, and minimizing inappropriate behavior.

• Classroom Rules

• School Policies

• Classroom Procedures

• Classroom Management

A management style that seeks to shape students’ behavior through setting high expectations, explanations, and consistent application of consequences.

• Permissive

• Authoritarian

• Authoritative

• Good family

In creating a classroom environment, the teacher must consider which of the following _____.

• how the room will be used

• the ages and the abilities of the students

• the way transitions will be handled

• All of the above.

Teachers should consider all of the statements when planning classroom rules except which of the following?

• Rules should be established early in the school year and remain unchanged.

• Students should be involved in setting the classroom rules.

• Rules should be stated in the positive—noting the expected behaviors.

• Terms used in rules should be defined.

Nonverbal cues, which can be used to minimize behavior problems, include all of the following except _____.

• proximity—teacher moving near to the student

• dimming the lights in the classroom momentarily

• engaging students in a discussion

• looking directly at a student

When dealing with common behavior problems, the teacher should _____.

• respond to problems quickly and consistently

• immediately impose preset consequences

• handle the problem in front of other students

• quickly mediate disputes between students

When developing a behavior management plan for their classes, teachers should ask themselves all of the following questions except which of the following?

• What are realistic expectations for my students?

• How will I punish students who misbehave?

• How will I reward students for appropriate behaviors?

• What steps will I take when an inappropriate behavior occurs?

Which of the following is not a way that a teacher can minimize problem behaviors?

• Ignoring problem behaviors so that they will not be repeated.

• Having assigned seats and modifying the arrangement as needed.

• Utilizing routines so students know what is expected of them.

• Using nonverbal clues to remind students of expected behaviors.

One of the pioneers of cognitive (learning) development was

• Skinner

• Freud

• Piaget

• Watson

Which of the following behaviorists is known for identifying the basic principle of operant conditioning using a system of rewards and punishments.

• Ivan Pavlov

• B.F.Skinner

• Albert Bandura

• Lev Vygotsky