Classroom Management 1

Question 1

What are the 5 types of social power/leadership that a teacher can strive for?

Answer 1

1. Expert power (elevated knowledge, specific skill)
2. Referent power (trust and respect)
3. Legitimate power (teacher vs. student, boss vs. employee, parent vs. child)
4. Reward power (giving rewards)
5. Coercive power (threat of force)

Question 2

What are the 4 stages through which a successful group passes?

Answer 2

1. Forming (forming a group)
2. Storming (brainstorming)
3. Norming (normalizing)
4. Performing

Question 3

What is distancing?

Answer 3

A type of amiable limit testing in which group members challenge academic expectations and rules to establish under what conditions they do or do not apply. (What can I get away with?)

Question 4

What is centering?

Answer 4

a type of amiable limit testing in which learners question how they will personally benefit from being a group member.

Question 5

When does diffusion occur?

Answer 5

when different academic and social expectations held by different members are spread throughout the group.

Question 6

When does crystallization occur?

Answer 6

when expectations converge and crystallize into a shared perspective (amongst the group).

Question 7

Buehl (2001), Glasser (1998), and Putnam (1997) recommend teachers instruct their learners on how to problem solve using the following guide:

Answer 7

1. Agree there is a problem
2. State the conflict
3. Identify and select responses
4. Create a solution
5. Design and implement a plan
6. Assess the success of the plan

Question 8

What is a classroom climate?

Answer 8

the atmosphere or mood in which interactions between you and your students take place.

Question 9

How can a classroom climate be created?

Answer 9

• Social environment (the patterns of interaction you wish to promote in your classroom)
• Organizational environment (the physical or visual layout of the classroom)

Question 10

What are the two extremes of social climate?

Answer 10

– Authoritarian: The teacher is the primary provider of information, opinions, and instruction.
– Laissez-faire: Students become the primary providers of information, opinions, and instruction.

Question 11

Rules can relate to one or more of four distinct areas:

Answer 11

– Academic work
– Classroom conduct
– Information the teacher must communicate on the first teaching day
– Information the teacher can communicate later

Question 12

How can rules be communicated?

Answer 12

– Orally (elementary, middle, high)
– On the board (elementary, high school)
– In a handout (elementary)

Question 13

What are the four troublesome areas of classroom management?

Answer 13

– Monitoring students
– Making transitions
– Giving assignments
– Bringing closure

Question 14

Methods for bridging cultural gaps in the classroom include:

Answer 14

– Establish an open risk-free climate.
– Plan lessons that meet student interests and needs.
– Allow for activities and responsibilities congruent with learners’ cultures.