EDUC 220 Week 9

Race, gender, and family financial status:

• Are the most significant factors influencing student success

• Have no impact on student success

• Are the least significant factors in student success

• Are the only significant factors influencing student success

Discipline (correcting poor behavior) is the central component of classroom management

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT one of the four (4) characteristics of a well-managed classroom?

• Students know what is expected of them and how to accomplish it

• Relatively little wasted instructional time, confusion, or disruption

• A relaxed, pleasant, work-oriented atmosphere

• Students sit quietly and listen; they don’t interrupt or act out

The teacher has a list of classroom procedures and rules on a poster and she frequently repeats them to students. This is a sign of a(n):

• Effective Teacher

• Ineffective Teacher

When meeting students for the first time, the two main things you must include are:

• Your name and your expectations

• Your name and why you love teaching

• Classroom rules and your expectations

• Your professional background and classroom procedures

Which of the following is NOT one of the C’s of effective teaching?

• Coherency

• Compliance

• Continuity

• Consistency

Procedures determine how things are done; students may get rewards or penalties for not following procedure.

• True

• False

The first step to teaching procedures is to teach (state, explain, model, and demonstrate). What are the other two? ____________________ and ________________________

Which of the following is most effective in building intrinsic motivation?

• Rewards for desirable behaviors

• Punishment for undesirable behaviors

• Specific praise

• Specified expectations

Effective transitions between activities involve:

• Quick1-step shifts into the next activity before students can get distracted

• Gradual 5-step shift into the next activity

• Different transitions for different students based on need

• Gradual 3-step shift into the next activity