Question 1

Evaluate your communication skills. Where do they measure up? Where are they deficient?

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Question 2

Provide examples of student behaviors that only require minor interventions in the classroom and list four examples of such interventions.

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Question 3

Identify the different people you might turn to as you help students engage in more appropriate behavior.

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Question 4

Imagine you are confronted with a classroom situation where one student is consistently bullying another student. What are specific strategies you might employ?

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Question 5

Examine what Geneva Gay (2006) calls the "cultural mismatch" between teachers and students and discuss how it impacts classroom management. What can teachers do to reduce this mismatch?

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Question 6

Looking across the different classroom and school-based programs, create an eclectic program of your own that utilizes what you feel are the most important elements from the existing programs.

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Question 7

Create a policy proposal for peer mediation of students' disruptive behaviors. Be sure to specify how the school will implement such an approach.

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Question 8

One strategy for keeping your students on-task is to hold them accountable for learning. How would you ensure accountability?

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Question 9

Explain classroom activities where you would use the seminar style of seating arrangements in a middle-grades classroom.

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Question 10

How would you personalize your elementary classroom?

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Question 11

You have been warned that the new teacher has an authoritarian style of classroom management. You know the class he is taking over is well known for free thinking and will sometimes get out of hand. What conflict do you foresee?

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Question 12

Describe an example of shaping appropriate classroom behavior.

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Question 13

What are tips you might share with a colleague about effectively communicating with students?

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Question 14

How might you go about helping two of your students who consistently get into conflict during class?

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Quiz 14: Managing the Classroom