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UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
d. A classroom environment that is orderly and focuses on learning. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Which of the following best describes a productive learning environment?
a. A classroom environment in which learners understand and obey well-established rules.
b. A classroom environment that involves collaboration and cooperation between the teacher and
students.
c. A classroom environment that involves order and well-established routines.
d. A classroom environment that is orderly and focuses on learning.
b. Policymakers' concerns about the achievement of minority students - CORRECT
ANSWER - Three of the following statements are reasons why effective classroom
management is so important. Which one is not a reason?
a. Public and professional concerns about classroom management
b. Policymakers' concerns about the achievement of minority students
c. The complexities of classroom life
d. The influence of orderly classrooms on learning and motivation
c. Their ability to manage their classrooms - CORRECT ANSWER - Of the following,
which is typically beginning teachers' greatest concern?
a. Their knowledge of the content they teach
b. Their skills, such as questioning
c. Their ability to manage their classrooms
d. Their repertoire of teaching strategies
c. Decreased disruptive behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is not
an outcome of effective management?
a. Greater obedience and conformity
,b. Increased achievement
c. Decreased disruptive behaviors
d. Improved motivation
b. classroom management. - CORRECT ANSWER - The description: "Actions teachers
take to create an environment that supports and facilitates both academic and social-emotional
learning," best describes:
a. classroom discipline.
b. classroom management.
c. teacher organization.
d. teacher withitness.
a. Try to prevent management problems before they occur. - CORRECT ANSWER - Based
on research examining classroom management, which of the following is the best advice for
beginning teachers with respect to classroom management?
a. Try to prevent management problems before they occur.
b. Develop a series of techniques that will stop misbehavior immediately.
c. Show students you really care about them.
d. Structure lessons so that students are required to actively participate.
d. academic learning time. - CORRECT ANSWER - The amount of time students are
engaged and successful is called:
a. allocated time.
b. instructional time.
c. engaged time.
d. academic learning time.
b. student attentiveness. - CORRECT ANSWER - Of the following, the one most closely
related to "engaged time" is:
a. teacher organization.
, b. student attentiveness.
c. student success.
d. teacher expectations.
d. Karen's instructional time will be greater than Sally's. - CORRECT ANSWER - Sally
Harvey, an eighth-grade math teacher, typically spends about 7 minutes after the bell rings taking
roll, handing out papers, and writing assignments on the board. Karen Walters, who teaches in
the room next to Sally, writes her assignments on the board during the time the students are
moving from one class to another. Based on this information, which of the following conclusions
is most valid?
a. Sally's allocated time is greater than Karen's.
b. Sally's engaged time will be greater than Karen's.
c. Karen's allocated time is greater than Sally's.
d. Karen's instructional time will be greater than Sally's.
c. Caring - CORRECT ANSWER - Teachers' abilities to empathize with and invest in the
protection and development of young people" best describes which of the following?
a. Withitness
b. Overlapping
c. Caring
d. Artistry
c. Classroom management and effective instruction are interdependent; it is virtually impossible
to effectively teach in a chaotic classroom, and orderly classrooms are virtually impossible if
instruction is ineffective. - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following statements best
describes the relationship between classroom management and effective instruction?
a. Classroom management is a prerequisite to effective instruction; order must first be
established before teachers can instruct effectively.
b. Orderly classrooms are a result or an outcome of effective instruction; if instruction is
effective, classroom management takes care of itself.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
d. A classroom environment that is orderly and focuses on learning. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Which of the following best describes a productive learning environment?
a. A classroom environment in which learners understand and obey well-established rules.
b. A classroom environment that involves collaboration and cooperation between the teacher and
students.
c. A classroom environment that involves order and well-established routines.
d. A classroom environment that is orderly and focuses on learning.
b. Policymakers' concerns about the achievement of minority students - CORRECT
ANSWER - Three of the following statements are reasons why effective classroom
management is so important. Which one is not a reason?
a. Public and professional concerns about classroom management
b. Policymakers' concerns about the achievement of minority students
c. The complexities of classroom life
d. The influence of orderly classrooms on learning and motivation
c. Their ability to manage their classrooms - CORRECT ANSWER - Of the following,
which is typically beginning teachers' greatest concern?
a. Their knowledge of the content they teach
b. Their skills, such as questioning
c. Their ability to manage their classrooms
d. Their repertoire of teaching strategies
c. Decreased disruptive behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is not
an outcome of effective management?
a. Greater obedience and conformity
,b. Increased achievement
c. Decreased disruptive behaviors
d. Improved motivation
b. classroom management. - CORRECT ANSWER - The description: "Actions teachers
take to create an environment that supports and facilitates both academic and social-emotional
learning," best describes:
a. classroom discipline.
b. classroom management.
c. teacher organization.
d. teacher withitness.
a. Try to prevent management problems before they occur. - CORRECT ANSWER - Based
on research examining classroom management, which of the following is the best advice for
beginning teachers with respect to classroom management?
a. Try to prevent management problems before they occur.
b. Develop a series of techniques that will stop misbehavior immediately.
c. Show students you really care about them.
d. Structure lessons so that students are required to actively participate.
d. academic learning time. - CORRECT ANSWER - The amount of time students are
engaged and successful is called:
a. allocated time.
b. instructional time.
c. engaged time.
d. academic learning time.
b. student attentiveness. - CORRECT ANSWER - Of the following, the one most closely
related to "engaged time" is:
a. teacher organization.
, b. student attentiveness.
c. student success.
d. teacher expectations.
d. Karen's instructional time will be greater than Sally's. - CORRECT ANSWER - Sally
Harvey, an eighth-grade math teacher, typically spends about 7 minutes after the bell rings taking
roll, handing out papers, and writing assignments on the board. Karen Walters, who teaches in
the room next to Sally, writes her assignments on the board during the time the students are
moving from one class to another. Based on this information, which of the following conclusions
is most valid?
a. Sally's allocated time is greater than Karen's.
b. Sally's engaged time will be greater than Karen's.
c. Karen's allocated time is greater than Sally's.
d. Karen's instructional time will be greater than Sally's.
c. Caring - CORRECT ANSWER - Teachers' abilities to empathize with and invest in the
protection and development of young people" best describes which of the following?
a. Withitness
b. Overlapping
c. Caring
d. Artistry
c. Classroom management and effective instruction are interdependent; it is virtually impossible
to effectively teach in a chaotic classroom, and orderly classrooms are virtually impossible if
instruction is ineffective. - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following statements best
describes the relationship between classroom management and effective instruction?
a. Classroom management is a prerequisite to effective instruction; order must first be
established before teachers can instruct effectively.
b. Orderly classrooms are a result or an outcome of effective instruction; if instruction is
effective, classroom management takes care of itself.
