Midterm

Question 1

Principle #1

Answer 1

The single most important factor in determining the learning environment is teacher behavior. Intentionally or unintentionally, teachers’ verbal and nonverbal behaviors influence student behaviors.

Question 2

Principle #2

Answer 2

Teachers have the professional responsibility for assuming the role of instructional leader, which involves employing techniques that maximize student on-task behavior.

Question 3

Principle #3

Answer 3

Teachers who have clearly developed ideas of (a) the relationship between teaching and discipline; (b) the factors motivating student behavior; (c) their own personal expectations for student behavior; and (d) a systematic plan to manage misbehavior have classrooms characterized by a high percentage of on-task student behavior.

Question 4

Principle #4

Answer 4

A preplanned decision-making hierarchy of intervention strategies increases the likelihood of appropriate student behavior.

Question 5

Principle #5

Answer 5

A discipline problem exists whenever a behavior interferes with the teaching act, interferes with the rights of others to learn, is psychologically or physically unsafe, or destroys property.

Question 6

Principle #6

Answer 6

For effective teaching to take place, teachers must be competent in influencing appropriate student behavior so as to maximize the time spent on learning. Such teachers enjoy teaching more and have greater confidence in their ability to affect student achievement.

Question 7

Principle #7

Answer 7

An awareness of the influences of misbehavior, which are often beyond the schools’ control, enables teachers to use positive intervention techniques rather than negative techniques, which stem from erroneously viewing misbehavior as a personal affront.

Question 8

Principle #8

Answer 8

Satisfaction of basic human needs such as food, safety, belonging, and security is a prerequisite for appropriate classroom behavior.

Question 9

Principle #9

Answer 9

The need for a sense of significance, competence, virtue, and power influences student behavior.

Question 10

Principle #10

Answer 10

Cognitive and moral developmental changes result in normal student behavior that often is disruptive in learning environments.

Question 11

Principle #11

Answer 11

Instructional competence can lessen the effects of negative outside influences as well as prevent the misbehavior that occurs as a result of poor instruction.

Question 12

Principle #12

Answer 12

Theoretical approaches to classroom management are useful to teachers because they offer a basis for analyzing, understanding, and influencing student and teacher behavior.

Question 13

Principle #13

Answer 13

As social agents, teachers have access to a variety of power bases that can be used to influence student behavior.

Question 14

Principle #14

Answer 14

The techniques a teacher employs to influence student behavior should be consistent with the teacher’s beliefs about how students learn and develop.

Question 15

Principle #15

Answer 15

Student learning and on-task behavior are maximized when teaching strategies are based on what educators know about student development, how people learn, and what constitutes effective teaching.