Student attention is directly related to lesson flow.

Ms. Dillon is the parent of one of the children in your class. She did not pass enough courses to graduate from high school, and you are aware that she was often in trouble with her teachers. Which type of barrier is she mostly likely to exhibit as you try to establish communication with her?

Paper collection/turning in work is an aspect of student accountability that calls for a procedure.

Which procedure most directly supports the rule “Respect yourself, others, and all materials”?

Making the classroom an inviting space should be the first consideration when arranging the classroom.

Which of the following statement is NOT a Love and Logic One-liner?

In-class discussions about group functioning (including social skills) are effective in helping students understand what is expected of them.

It’s the end of July, and Ms. Decatur, newly hired, is getting ready to start a job as a second-grade teacher at Martin Elementary School. She excitedly enters her classroom for the first time, thinking about all the different decisions she’ll need to make before school even gets started. It’s overwhelming, but she decides to simply start from the most logical point for establishing a well-managed classroom. Which one of the following activities would you expect to see her do first?

Ms. Lee has decided to use an incentive system to improve behavior in her fifth-grade class, which has become noisy, rowdy, and frequently off-task. Ms Lee tells her students that she will give each of them a card to keep at their desks and that each day that they do not yell, leave their seats without permission, or push and shove each other while entering the room, they will each earn 5 points. However, whenever they engage in one of these behaviors they will lose one point. Students who accumulate 15 points per week will be allowed to participate in special Friday activities, such as viewing a movie, a popcorn party, or free time activity. An advantage of Ms. Lee’s system is that

Which of the following examples reflects a statement that might be made by a student with a realistic perspective on the causes of good and poor performance?