Educational Psychology
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Educational Psychology explores the scientific study of how people learn and develop within educational settings. This course examines key psychological theories and principles related to learning, motivation, cognitive development, classroom management, assessment, and individual differences. Students will analyze how factors such as culture, environment, and psychological processes influence student achievement and behavior. Through practical applications and case studies, the course prepares future educators to create effective learning environments and address diverse student needs.
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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) Which of the following practices is NOT used in the guidance tradition?
A)punishment
B)encouragement
C)the empowering of productive human activity
D)the teaching of democratic life skills
Answer: A
Q2) Describe how Piaget's idea of individual respect and cooperation in the classroom coincides with other Pioneers of the guidance tradition.
Answer: The modern ideal is cooperation-respect for the individual and for general opinion as elaborated in free discussion.Children gain democratic skills through practice with adults modeling the practice as well as other interactions with the social and physical environment.This is constructivist education.Dewey's ideas talk about the need to produce results in a social and cooperative way.Montessori claims that learning occurs through absorption in meaningful tasks.Froebel talks about natural impulses and proper development with guidance.All of these pioneers in guidance,in one way or another,talk about the child's interaction with the social and physical environment.
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Chapter 2: Child Development and Guidance
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Q1) The self-talk that children engage in during play is known as
A)zone of proximanl development
B)the problem of the match
C)separation anxiety
D)private speech
Answer: D
Q2) How does the teacher create a climate for partnerships with families?
Answer: Before and during the first days of school,the teacher does much to create a climate for partnerships with family members through the use of notes,telephone calls,home visits,and greeting meetings.Initiating partnerships eases the transition of the child from home to school.If parents know the teacher is working to build positive relations with both the child and themselves,they are more likely to become involved.Teachers cannot expect to feel positively toward every family member,but by remaining friendly and accessible,most family members will respond.Family involvement in the education program can make a lifelong difference to the child and the family.
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Chapter 3: Mistaken Behaviorchallenging Behavior
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following is the most immature and least open of the relational patterns identified by Harlow?
A)adjustment
B)survival
C)encountering
D)conflict
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Guidance: The Bottom Line
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Q1) How can poverty influence the child in the classroom?
Q2) Which of the following does NOT describe the actions of the professional teacher?
A)The professional teacher does not impose upon family members for their input regarding their children or involve family members in learning about the guidance tradition.
B)The professional teacher balances outside academic pressures with accepted early childhood guidelines for appropriate and responsive practices.
C)The professional teacher monitors and occasionally formally assesses the match between the needs of the children and the educational program.When needed,the professional teacher revises the program to improve the match between the program and the children.
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?
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Chapter 5: Organizing the Encouraging Classroom
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT one of the most important considerations when planning the environment within the guidance classroom?
A)teacher planning space
B)traffic patterns
C)noise levels
D)accommodations for the active nature of children
Q2) Who developed the thematic-based instruction model that enables the primary grades to incorporate learning centers?
A)Montessori and Reggio Emillo
B)Myers and Maurer
C)Gestwicki and Ryan
D)Piaget and Maslow
Q3) 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
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Chapter 6: Managing the Encouraging Classroom
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Q1) .In the day-to-day program,children need
A)both a sense of reliability and promise of novelty
B)corrective punishment for infringement of classroom rules
C)highly structured large group and small group routines
D)quiet,orderly classrooms
Q2) Which of the following is a way to occupy children during wait times?
A)buffer activities
B)identifying only those students who fail to make smooth transitions
C)calling a family member to report the child's inability to adhere to program rules
D)making the rest of the class tell the slow children to hurry and make the transition
Q3) 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
Q4) How can the teacher make use of family members and other classroom volunteers?
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Chapter 7: Leadership Communication With the Group
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Q1) Why are guidelines,not rules,important in the encouraging classroom?
Q2) Which of the following is NOT something the teacher needs to know when sending notes home to parents?
A)Some parents will forget or misplace the note
B)Delivery rates of notes sent home are seldom 100%
C)Parents do not wish to be informed unless done so by phone
D)Some parents are nonreaders.
Q3) One positive aspect of the use of guidelines is that
A)they allow teachers a range of choices
B)they empower teachers to be professional
C)they support children in making effective choices
D)all of the above
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a strategy to use when teachers face squabbles among students who exclude those other than their friends from play?
A)use the teacher's leadership to structure small-group experiences that transcend usual social circles
B)use class meetings and curriculum to teach friendliness
C)establish a guidelines of friendliness
D)contact parent of students involved in the exclusionary tactics
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Chapter 8: Leadership Communication With the Individual
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Q1) Which of the following methods does this chapter stress that teachers can use to
A)interviewing previous teachers that children have had
B)teachers can listen to and greet children
C)holding frequent parent meetings to detect unhappiness in children
D)videotaping daily classroom activities
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a suggestion offered by Rosenthal and Sawyers as they recommend ways to build partnerships with parents?
A)Understand the family's rules and rituals
B)Notify parents frequently of the mistaken behaviors of their children so parents may correct them early on.
C)Try to build a collaborative rather than an adversarial system with parents
D)Ask the family to suggest solutions.
Q3) 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
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) Which tends to be the most frequent source of conflict in the preprimary years?
A)peace props
B)territory
C)privilege
D)property
Q2) Why can't teachers prevent all conflicts?
Q3) 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"
Q4) In which is the teacher least involved?
A)parent-teacher conference
B)low-level mediation
C)high-level mediation
D)child negotiation
Q5) What do teachers need to know about two trends in family diversity?
Q6) 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) How do nonverbal techniques act as a quick intervention strategy?
Q2) Which is NOT a step of problem solving with parents?
A)describing the situation in terms of a problem caused by the child
B)generating multiple solutions
C)discussing the implementation of solutions
D)meeting again
Q3) 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
Q4) What is the first step of the nonverbal strategy for addressing mistaken behavior?
A)physical proximity
B)eye contact
C)proximity with direct comment
D)eye contact with gestures
Q5) How does the teacher respond to mistaken behaviors reported by children?
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Chapter 11: Guidance Through Intervention
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Q1) 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
Q2) Why is it important for the teacher to manage anger?
Q3) How does commanding cooperation differ from issuing an ultimatum?
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a form of separation?
A)redirection
B)passive bear hug
C)time-out
D)cooling-down time
Q5) Which of the following is NOT a recommended strategy for addressing a situation in which the teacher and parents do not agree?
A)utilizing negative dissonance
B)modeling reflective listening
C)switching to mediation
D)inviting continued involvement
Q6) Why is physical restraint the method of last resort when dealing with mistaken behavior?
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Chapter 12: Liberation Teaching: A Guidance Response
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Q1) What is the connection of liberation teaching to other education practices?
Q2) How is liberation teaching a response to societal violence?
Q3) What is the liberation teaching response to bullying?
Q4) If a program does not allow for the activity levels of young children,the children will
A)engage in quiet responses to daily activities
B)find ways to engage in boisterous activity
C)increase their fine motor skills through controlled activities
D)react in chronic mistaken behaviors
Q5) Which of the following is a task of peace education?
A)provide awareness of alternatives to violence
B)promote aggressive,competitive behavior toward one another
C)focus primarily on the results of a child's violent acts
D)accept violent ways of thinking and acting
Q6) 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
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