Chapter 2 Question and answers
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Which of the following actions might best help teachers understand students' academic failure and
misbehavior?
a. examining classroom and school environments to see which student needs are not being met
b. looking for solutions to each individual instance of failure or misbehavior
c. implementing those interventions that the teacher feels most comfortable carrying out
d. establishing a classroom in which students feel cared about, safe, and unafraid to take risks - correct
answer ✔a. examining classroom and school environments to see which student needs are not being
met
Often, teachers who attribute student misbehavior or academic failure to student shortcomings (poor
attitude, inadequate parental support, inadequate ability):
a. are successful classroom managers because they have identified the factors most likely to be
problematic.
b. see themselves as powerless to impact behavior and performance.
c. focus their energies on making changes by engaging in activism, mentoring, and parent support.
d. believe that all students, regardless of their circumstance, can behave and achieve at above-average
levels. - correct answer ✔b. see themselves as powerless to impact behavior and performance.
At its core, classroom management is not a series of techniques and strategies; it is, instead, an exercise
in:
, a. providing appropriate incentives and consequences to foster appropriate student behavior among all
members of the classroom community.
b. identifying and focusing on those children who can be successfully led toward appropriate behavior
and academic success.
c. analyzing why students are unsuccessful/noncompliant and identifying which needs are not being met
in the current teaching/learning environment.
d. conducting repeated interventions to shape student behavior and performance. - correct answer ✔c.
analyzing why students are unsuccessful/noncompliant and identifying which needs are not being met in
the current teaching/learning environment.
Miss Abrams says, "I am so frustrated with Jade and Tia! They just don't know how to behave. They're
always causing distractions in class and talking when they shouldn't. They spend more time in our time-
out chair than they do in their desks, and they hate it, but they STILL don't behave when they are
allowed to rejoin the class."
Which of the following statements would the authors of our text be most likely to make in response to
Miss Abrams?
a. "Children these days misbehave because their parents have very few concrete ideas about how to
discipline them."
b. "Perhaps they really don't have the skills to behave the way you want them to, and they're unlikely to
learn the skills unless you actively teach them."
c. "When we see recurrent misbehavior, we frequently find that the teacher is inconsistent and unfair in
the application of rules and consequences."
d. "If your current strategy of removing them from the group - correct answer ✔b. "Perhaps they really
don't have the skills to behave the way you want them to, and they're unlikely to learn the skills unless
you actively teach them."
Maslow would likely to make which of the following statements?
a. "Any student, regardless of circumstance, can be self-actualized; it's mind over matter."