Managing the Teaching Envt. Flashcards
T or F: teaching environment is not merely a background variable.
True
T or F: classrooms can be crowded, complex, and potentially chaotic
True
T or F: In a classroom, activities occur simultaneously and things can happen quickly.
True
T or F: Events are often unpredictable in classrooms and are multidimensional
True
T or F:
Classrooms have histories
True
Class rules should be:
- reasonable and necessary
- clear and comprehensible
- consistent with instructional and learning goals
- consistent with school rules
It is the term used to the area wherein learners are more likely to interact with the teacher, ask questions, and initiate discussion; T-zone looking
Action zone
T OR F: The learning environment cannot produce conditions and mediate relationships and can positively influence factors such as study habits, emotional states, and mental wellbeing.
F
T or F: Learning is a shared responsibility.
True
Managing the classroom involves (5):
- Develop positive teacher-learner relationship
- Learning is a shared responsibility
- Rewarding appropriate behavior
- be a good communicator
- Develop intervention strategies
MORSE: Moderate interventions include using nonverbal cues and moving closer to students. Minor interventions include withholding privileges or desired activities.
Both False
Enumerate minor interventions:
- Using nonverbal cues
- Keep activity moving
- Provide needed instructions
- Move closer to students
- Redirect behavior
- be direct and assertive
- Give students a choice
Moderate Interventions include (3):
- Withholding privileges or desired activities
- Isolate or remove students
- Impose a penalty or detention
T or F: The teacher can use humor to remind students that they are breaking the ground rules.
True
If dealing with inattentive students, one can (3)
- Make eye contact with them
- Discontinue discussion by a short pause
- Ask students directly if they have any questions
