Question 1

A teaching strategy is a set of preplanned actions intended to bring about a specific, short term goal within the lesson or content unit.

Accepted Answer

A teaching strategy is a deliberate plan of action employed by the teacher to achieve a specific instructional goal or objective within a lesson or unit. It involves the use of various teaching methods, techniques, and tools to facilitate learning and promote student engagement and understanding.

Question 2

Some models will rely on many teaching strategies; others will use relatively few.

Accepted Answer

Different teaching models will have different approaches and strategies in the classroom. Some models may incorporate a variety of teaching strategies, while others may have a more limited approach.

Question 3

Teaching styles can be divided into two main groups of operations: managerial and instructional.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

A preventive management plan is used to increase appropriate student behavior and engagement in class.

Accepted Answer

A preventive management plan is specifically designed to prevent misbehavior and increase positive behavior in students. It sets clear expectations, consequences, and rewards, and provides individualized support for students who struggle with behavior or engagement. This proactive approach can lead to a more positive and productive classroom environment for both students and teachers.

Question 5

Getting momentum means that a physical education lesson gets off to a quick and stimulating start that can carry through the entire lesson.

Accepted Answer

Getting momentum sets a positive tone for the rest of the lesson, encourages student engagement and participation, and helps ensure that the learning objectives are met.

Question 6

'Instant exercises' start as soon as students enter the gym, reducing the opportunity for misbehavior to occur while waiting for the rest of the students to arrive.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Contingency management for classrooms is based on behavior modification techniques that have been shown to be highly effective.

Accepted Answer

Contingency management for classrooms is indeed based on behavior modification techniques that have been proven to be highly effective in promoting positive behavior in students. This approach involves providing rewards and consequences based on the behavior displayed by the student, with the goal of increasing desirable behaviors and decreasing undesirable ones.

Question 8

In a good behavior game, the teacher or an assistant keeps a tally sheet for each team during class, with the winning team earning a small reward at the end of the period.

Accepted Answer

This is true, as the good behavior game is a classroom management strategy where students are divided into teams and rewarded for positive behavior throughout the class period, with the winning team receiving a small incentive at the end. A tally sheet is usually kept to track each team's progress.

Question 9

The key part of a behavior contract is that the student participates in the process and agrees beforehand to how well he or she will behave and what the consequences will be for not following class rules.

Accepted Answer

A behavior contract is a written agreement between the student and teacher that outlines expected behaviors and consequences for not following class rules. The student is an active participant in the process and should agree to the terms of the contract beforehand.

Question 10

In a token economy, students receive a point, sticker, or some other non-valuable coupon for each instance of appropriate behavior observed by the teacher. Once students accumulate a predetermined number of 'tokens,' they can exchanged them for small material rewards or privileges.

Accepted Answer

This is a correct description of a token economy.

Question 11

One of the most often used behavior management techniques is time out, in which a student who has been observed or heard in an inappropriate behavior is taken out of the class activity for a set amount of time.

Accepted Answer

Time out is a commonly used behavior management technique in which a student is removed from a class activity for a set amount of time after exhibiting inappropriate behavior.

Question 12

Time out is most effective with students who do not want to be in physical education class or be part of the activity of the moment.

Accepted Answer

Time out is most effective with students who are seeking attention or are disruptive, as it removes them from the situation and the attention they are seeking. It may not be effective for students who do not want to be part of the activity, as it could inadvertently reward them by removing them from an undesired situation.

Question 13

In school rule plans, the rules apply everywhere in the school, and the consequences for infractions carry over across teachers/subjects and time.

Accepted Answer

School rule plans are meant to be consistent throughout the school, regardless of teacher or subject. Consequences for breaking the rules should also be consistent and carried over in different situations.

Question 14

The success of many lessons will hinge on the teacher's effectiveness during transitional managerial times, since those moments are often unexpected.

Accepted Answer

Transitional managerial times, such as transitioning between activities or dealing with disruptions, can greatly impact the success of a lesson. Therefore, a teacher's ability to manage these unexpected moments can greatly affect the effectiveness of the lesson.

Question 15

A backup plan can be used if it rains while the class is outside and must finish the lesson indoors.

Accepted Answer

A backup plan is a contingency plan that is put in place to ensure that the lesson can continue even if unexpected circumstances arise, such as inclement weather. In this case, if it starts to rain while the class is outside, the backup plan would be to move the lesson indoors to finish it.

Question 16

When a student just wants to be noticed by the teacher and initiates minor disruptions to get attention, a good strategy is to extinguish the behavior by simply ignoring it.

Accepted Answer

Ignoring the attention-seeking behavior will take away the reinforcement that the student was seeking and therefore reduce or eliminate the behavior in the long run.

Question 17

Interfacing refers to a teacher's ability to attend to more than one thing at a time during class.

Accepted Answer

Interfacing actually refers to the ability of technology to communicate with each other or to connect different software or hardware components. It is not related to a teacher's ability to multitask during class.

Question 18

Random group selection saves time by placing the grouping process in the control of the teacher.

Accepted Answer

Random group selection eliminates the need for the teacher to spend time deciding on groups, therefore, placing the grouping process in the control of the teacher.

Question 19

In the cut and go strategy for grouping, the teacher should spend a lot of time deciding which students are in each group.

Accepted Answer

In the cut and go strategy for grouping, the students are randomly selected and there is no need for the teacher to spend a lot of time deciding which students are in each group.

Question 20

Using 'captains' (usually higher skilled boys) to pick teams for class games in physical education can be mis-educative for several reasons.

Accepted Answer

Using captains to pick teams can reinforce social hierarchies and exclude less-athletic students, leading to a negative experience in physical education and potential disinterest in physical activity in the future. It also does not promote cooperation or teamwork skills among students.

Quiz 4: Teaching Strategies for Model-Based Instruction