Exam 13: Creating Learning Environments

Canter and Canter's approach to dealing with behaviour problems by making expectations clear and following through with defined consequences is called ________ discipline.

Use of the paraphrase rule is more effective with college-age students than with younger students.

Activities that are accomplished in the classroom are described as ________.

If a student tells you that he broke up with his girlfriend last night and was unable to complete his homework,it is the teacher's responsibility to see that the homework gets completed.

In determining who owns a problem,what basic question should the teacher ask?

The most effective set of classroom rules is one that specifically spells out as many of the "do's and don'ts" as possible.

Kounin has suggested that the key element of effective classroom manager's styles is prevention of misbehaviour.

Which one of the following rules,based on your text's recommendations,seems to be more appropriate for secondary school classes than for elementary school classes?

The purpose of using choral responses is to establish

Greg was trying to pass Bill a note,but Bill kept his eyes on his own work and thought,"Why does Greg do this to me? Mrs.Pepper will spot him for sure.She never misses anything.You'd think she could read minds." Mrs.Pepper could be described as exhibiting what characteristic?

According to Kounin's strategy for effective management,the key goal is

According to David Johnson and his colleagues' five-step negotiating strategy,the first step is to

Time when students are actually succeeding at the learning task is referred to as

Which one of the following teachers is sending an "I" message to a student?

Thomas Gordon stresses that the first step in solving a problem is to determine

Sherry's class knows that different behaviours are expected (and tolerated)during different kinds of activities.It is likely that her class has a good understanding of

At what educational level is the direct teaching of classroom rules and procedures most critical for effective classroom management?

Kounin listed four "problem-prevention" skills: (1)withitness; (2)overlapping; (3)group focus; and (4)movement management.Define each skill.Draw an example of each skill from your own experiences.

The time students spend working on learning tasks,while experiencing a high rate of success,is called ________ learning time.

When teachers make "you" statements that condemn students without stating clearly what the student should be doing,these teachers are using a ________ style.