Classroom Management
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Course Introduction
Classroom Management explores the strategies, theories, and practical techniques essential for creating and maintaining productive and engaging learning environments. The course examines classroom organization, behavioral expectations, motivation, conflict resolution, and the development of positive teacher-student relationships. Emphasis is placed on proactive and culturally responsive approaches to prevent and address disruptions, fostering a climate of respect, inclusiveness, and academic achievement for all students. Through case studies and real-world scenarios, students gain skills to implement effective classroom routines, adapt to diverse learner needs, and support student self-regulation and responsibility.
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A Guidance Approach for the Encouraging Classroom 6th Edition by Dan Gartrell
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Chapter 1: The Guidance Tradition
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Q1) Who was best known for work in the area of "positive discipline"?
A)Johann Pestalozzi
B)Maslow
C)Haim Ginott
D)Rudolph Dreikurs
Answer: D
Q2) John Dewey's greatest contribution to the guidance tradition resulted when he
A)initiated the constructivist movement in the United States.
B)joined the "self psychologists" and formulated a new branch of self analysis.
C)promoted progressive education in the United States.
D)formulated the basics for assertive discipline in the United States.
Answer: C
Q3) Seven key practices about the way in which children should be treated in schools were identified by
A)Maria Montessori
B)John Dewey
C)Friedrich Froebel
D)Robert Owen
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Child Development and Guidance
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Q1) According to Vygotsky,as children develop,
A)scaffolding by peers has limited effect on their development
B)learning activities should be focused on teacher-child interactions
C)their private speech evolves into a mechanism for building self-control.
D)scaffolding is an easy interaction to develop with young children
Answer: C
Q2) Identify which of the following is NOT a stage of development in Erikson's developmental theory.
A)initative versus guilt
B)trust versus mistrust
C)autonomy versus shame and doubt
D)disequilibrium
Answer: D
Q3) Who was responsible for bringing developmental theory of children to the forefront of psychology in the 20 century?
A)Maria Montessori
B)Howard Gardner
C)Jean Piaget
D)Lev Vygotsky
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Mistaken Behaviorchallenging Behavior
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Q1) The levels of relational patterns are
A)Experimentation,socially influenced,and strong needs
B)Survival,adjustment,and encounter
C)economic,social,and religious
D)introvert,extrovert,and withdrawn
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a source of physiological difficulty that has been shown to make children vulnerable for Level Three mistaken behavior according to Kaiser and Sklar-Raminisky?
A)heredity personality
B)malnutrition during infancy
C)premature alcohol and drug exposure
D)pregnancy complications
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Guidance: The Bottom Line
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Q1) In learning to accept their "humanness," teachers in the guidance classroom must consider all BUT which of the following?
A)relying upon strategies to assist them in physically or emotionally challenging days
B)letting the class know when they are affected by personal circumstances
C)denying their own concerns for the benefit of the children
D)their own feelings
Q2) Haim Ginott recommended
A)that teachers label children in order to better understand and teach them.
B)that teachers act as technicians in order to acquire the best result
C)that teachers accept children as individuals of worth and welcome members of the group.
D)that teachers watch for expected mistaken behaviors.
Q3) Solution orientation in guidance includes which of the following?
A)crisis intervention strategies
B)conflict management
C)teacher as a responsive leader
D)all of the above
Q4) How does guidance reduce the need for mistaken behavior?
Q5) How can poverty influence the child in the classroom?
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Chapter 5: Organizing the Encouraging Classroom
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Q1) Which of the following is a possible roadblock preventing family involvement in school?
A)family members not finding time for involvement
B)children's objections to family involvement
C)administrator's objections
D)board members' objections to family
Q2) In elementary schools today,the main use for Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP)is to do which of the following?
A)teach parents how to handle their children's mistaken behaviors in better ways
B)train new teachers
C)train new administrators
D)supplement and modify the traditional academic program
Q3) Who argued that Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP)meant the shifting away from the study of isolated academic subjects toward the study of integrated curriculum?
A)Piaget and Maslow
B)Myers and Maurer
C)Bredekamp,Copple,and Brewer
D)Montessori and Vygotsky
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Chapter 6: Managing the Encouraging Classroom
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Q1) In the guidance approach,how does the teacher work with emergent bilingual learners?
Q2) How can the teacher make use of family members and other classroom volunteers?
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a reason why large-group instruction may fail?
A)Children are "over taught and under practiced ".
B)Children are mischievous and will not sit still long enough to hear instructions.
C)Children absorb the information but do not have the opportunity to construct their own knowledge from it.
D)Children are not fully able to "own" the learning,make sense of it and value it.
Q4) Which of the following parents might the teacher want to encourage to volunteer in the classroom?
A)the parent who has contributed to the funding programs within the school
B)the parent who has a child with many mistaken behaviors and who needs to witness the classroom activity.
C)the parent who has volunteered before on a regular basis
D)the parent who complains most to the school about concerns and issues
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Chapter 7: Leadership Communication With the Group
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Q1) Which of the following is a strategy to use when a entteacher wishes to use encouragement with all of the children in a class?
A)logical consequences of good behavior
B)encouraging guidelines
C)public encouragement
D)private encouragement
Q2) Use of which of the following is deemed MOST appropriate when encouraging young children?
A)stickers
B)personal encouragement
C)certificate of merit
D)yelling
Q3) Why is encouragement more appropriate than praise?
Q4) Mistaken behavior is often the result of
A)a mismatch between the child and the education program
B)lack of effective disciplinary practices in the classroom
C)intentional behavior by a child to disrupt classroom routines
D)none of the above
Q5) Why are guidelines,not rules,important in the encouraging classroom?
Q6) How do class meetings build the encouraging classroom?
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Chapter 8: Leadership Communication With the Individual
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Q1) According to Novick,symptoms such as stomachache,ulcers,occasional headaches,hypertension,and depressive reactions result from which of the following?
A)school-related stress
B)parental disagreements
C)sibling rivalry
D)peer pressure
Q2) Which of the following activities is a good method to use when making a personal contact of "quality time" with a child?
A)parents' night
B)show and tell
C)contact talk
D)upon issuance of school report cards
Q3) Which of the following is the main goal of "contact talk" in the encouraging classroom?
A)to provide the teacher with time to develop teaching methodologies
B)to enhance the speech development of children
C)to encourage the children to make conversation with one another
D)to encourage confidence and competence in conversation
Q4) How do teachers use effective communication in the guardian-teacher conference?
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Chapter 9: Using Conflict Management
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Q1) In building a positive relationship with a father who is the primary caregiver,the teacher should do all BUT which of the following?
A)frequently offer unsolicited advice
B)share with the father the interests and successes of the child
C)encourage the father's efforts at parenting
D)be respectful toward the father
Q2) The term "violence" refers specifically to
A)any type of overt response
B)actions that result in physical harm
C)actions that result in emotional harm
D)all of the above
Q3) Why can't teachers prevent all conflicts?
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a common reason why teachers impose moralistic "solutions" that result in punishing one or more children in conflict?
A)need for a child to "learn the consequences" of his or her actions
B)determination that punishment is preferable to conflict resolution
C)need to "remind" certain children who is in charge
D)frustration at being distracted from "time on task"
Q5) How does violence affect children's social problem-solving approach?
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Chapter 10: Problem-Solving Mistaken Behavior
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Q1) The first degree in putting choices to children is
A)inviting choices
B)requesting choices
C)commanding choices
D)demanding an action
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a democratic life skill taught in the encouraging classroom?
A)the ability to see one's self as a worth individual and a capable member of the group
B)the ability to solve problems ethically and intelligently
C)the ability to suppress strong emotions
D)the ability to be understanding of the feelings and viewpoints of others
Q3) Which is not a situation that requires thought about whether to intervene?
A)bossiness
B)marginal mistaken behaviors
C)serious mistaken behaviors
D)arguments
Q4) How do nonverbal techniques act as a quick intervention strategy?
Q5) How does the teacher respond to mistaken behaviors reported by children?
Q6) Why should teachers take the time to problem-solve mistaken behavior?
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Chapter 11: Guidance Through Intervention
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Q1) A special education diagnosis becomes detrimental when
A)adults use the diagnosis as a label.
B)the diagnosis is used to determine insurance coverage.
C)education funding is affected by the diagnosis.
D)remediation is recommended.
Q2) The purpose of being direct with a child is
A)to restore order so that problems can be solved,
B)to achieve reconciliation
C)to reaffirm the safety of the classroom community
D)all of the above
Q3) Which is not a step of improving one's management of anger?
A)using safeguards when expressing anger
B)practicing reconciliation
C)commanding cooperation
D)monitoring feelings and making adjustments
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a form of separation?
A)redirection
B)passive bear hug
C)time-out
D)cooling-down time
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Chapter 12: Liberation Teaching: A Guidance Response
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a social circumstance that puts children at-risk for stigma?
A)family income
B)Fetal Alcohol
C)religion
D)family dynamics
Q2) A liberating response does NOT
A)show clear acceptance of the child.
B)insensitively incorporate elements of the child's family background.
C)alter the environment for inclusion.
D)facilitate cooperative and individual activities
Q3) How are children in the classroom affected by violence in society?
Q4) What is the connection of liberation teaching to other education practices?
Q5) How does anti-bias education differ from the tourist curriculum?
Q6) According to the violence pyramid,the greatest number of children are affected by which type of violence?
A)entertainment violence
B)violence in the home and/or the community
C)real world violence shown in the media
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D)isolated traumatic direct exposure to violence in the home and community
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