Welcome!
The Topic For Today Is…
Creating Learning Environments
The Need for
Organization
Creating a
Positive Learning
Environment
Maintaining a
Positive Learning
Environment
Prevention is
the Best
Medicine
Discipline
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Bonus Question: 5000 pts
Topic 1: 200
• Question:
• True or False: An effective method for getting
all students to behave is to articulate clear and
firm consequences for misbehavior
• Answer
• False. This is a negative approach that won’t
work with all students.
Topic 1: 400
• Question:
• What is the variable that has the largest impact
on student achievement according to Marzano &
Marzano?
A. Class Size
B. Technology
C. Classroom Management
D. Length of School Day
• Answer
C. Classroom Management
Topic 1: 600
• Question:
• An effective way to achieve order and
harmony is to gain and maintain student
_____________ in class activities
• Answer
• Cooperation
Topic 1: 800
• Question:
• What is a participation structure and why is it
important?
• Answer
• Guidelines that define appropriate
participation for each class activity. It allows
students to participate successfully in
classroom activities
Topic 1: 1000
• Question:
• Order in the classroom for its own sake is an
empty goal. What is the point of working so hard
to manage classrooms? List at least 2 reasons.
• Answer
• Giving all students access to learning.
• Making more time for learning
• Help students become better able to manage
themselves
Topic 2: 200
• Question:
• Teachers prevent discipline problems whenever
they make an effort to _________ students.
A. Control
B. Organize
C. Motivate
D. Redirect
• Answer
C. Motivate
Topic 2: 400
• Question:
• It is important at the start of the school year to
establish: (choose all that apply)
A. Punishments
B. Consequences
C. Procedures & Routines D. Rules
• Answer
B. Consequences
C. Procedures & Rules
D. Rules
(Punishments are too negative and punitive.
They should be consequences)
Topic 2: 600
• Question:
• What characteristics should effective classroom
rules have?
• Answer
• They should be positive and observable.
• They should reflect the do’s and don’ts of
classroom life.
• Having a few general rules that cover many
specifics is better than listing all dos and don’ts.
Topic 2: 800
• Question:
• What is a natural/logical consequence (as
opposed to a punishment)
• Answer
• Having students redo, repair, or face the
consequences that logically flow from their
actions
Topic 2: 1000
• Question:
• Of the over 1000 hours students are
mandated to be in school per year, what % is
true “academic learning time” where students
are engaged in meaningful, appropriate tasks?
• Answer
• Approximately 30%
Topic 3: 200
• Question:
• A goal of any management system for the
classroom is to help students become better
able to:
A. Sit still
B. Quiet down
C. Make friends
D. Manage themselves
• Answer
D. Manage themselves
Topic 3: 400
• Question:
• All efforts at building positive relationships
with students and a classroom community are
steps towards:
• Answer
• Preventing management problems
Topic 3: 600
• Question:
• In terms of classroom arrangement, what are
the two basic ways of organizing space?
• Answer
• Personal Territories
• Interest Areas
Topic 3: 800
• Question:
• When designing learning spaces, it is important
to: (select all that apply)
A. Allow for open areas
B. Provide for flexibility and choices
C. Stick with a design and don’t change it
D. Provide students with clean study areas
• Answer
B. Provide for flexibility and choices
D. Provide students with clean study areas
Topic 3: 1000
• Question:
Jacob Kounin found that to create a positive
environment and prevent problems, teachers
must do 3 things. Name 2 of them.
• Answer
• Take individual differences into account
• Maintain student motivation
• Reinforce positive behavior
Topic 4: 200
• Question:
• Kounin found that teachers were not very
different in the way they handled discipline
once problems arose. Successful classroom
managers were much better at ___________
• Answer
• Preventing problems
Topic 4: 400
• Question:
• True or False: All efforts to teach social and
emotional self-regulation are steps for
preventing management problems
• Answer
• True. When students lack social and
emotional skills, classroom management
problems often follow
Topic 4: 600
• Question:
• Kounin concluded that effective classroom
managers possess “withitness”. What is
withitness?
• Answer
• Communicating to students that you are aware of
everything that is happening in the classroom –
that you aren’t missing anything. “With-it”
teachers have eyes in the back of their heads.
Topic 4: 800
• Question:
• Positive, warm encouraging relationships with teachers are
related to many student outcomes. List two of those
outcomes:
• Answer
• Higher participation in class
• Greater critical thinking skills
• Lower drop-out rates
• Higher self-esteem
• Increased motivation
• Less disruptive behavior
• Better attendance
Topic 4: 1000
• Question:
• What is movement management and why is it
important in the classroom?
• Answer
• Keeping lessons and the group moving at an
appropriate and flexible pace, with smooth
transitions and variety. This prevents
boredom, downtime, confusion etc. that can
lead to discipline issues.
Topic 5: 200
• Question:
• Lower achievement status (moving to lower
grade, increased homework, etc) is an
appropriate punishment for severe
misbehavior. True or False
• Answer
• False
Topic 5: 400
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Question:
What is empathetic listening?
Answer
It relies heavily on paraphrasing and tries to
hear the student and avoid the tendency to
jump in too quickly, thus keeping
communications lines open. It can lead to the
student trusting the teacher and speaking
more openly in the future.
Topic 5: 600
• Question:
• Which of the following are effective guidelines for imposing
penalties on students?
• A. Delay discussion of the situation until everyone is calm
• B. Impose penalties in front of the class as an example and
deterrent
• C. After imposing a penalty, reestablish positive
relationship with the student immediately
• D. Have very specific, immediate punishments outlined for
all infractions
• Answer
• A&C
Topic 5: 800
• Question:
• Rephrase the following statement using an “I”
message:
• “Stop calling out in class!”
• Answer
• When you call out, I can’t concentrate on each
answer and it frustrates me.
Topic 5: 1000
• Question:
• Describe the no-lose method to resolving
conflicts with students
• Answer
• Brainstorm
• Evaluate alternatives
• Come to consensus on an approach
• Evaluate
Bonus Question:
5000 pts.
• Question
Jacob Kounin found that effective classroom
managers were especially skilled in four areas.
List 3 of them.
• Answer
• Withitness, overlapping activities, group
focusing, and movement management
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