BEd Bachelor of Education Bachelor of Education Classroom Management and Behavior Analysis 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which classroom management approach emphasizes student self-discipline and understanding the logical consequences of their behavior?
- Assertive Discipline by Canter
- Logical Consequences model by Dreikurs (Correct answer)
- Applied Behavior Analysis by Skinner
- Love and Logic by Fay
Correct answer: Logical Consequences model by Dreikurs
Rudolf Dreikurs' Logical Consequences model holds that students misbehave due to mistaken goals and should experience natural or logical consequences to develop self-discipline.
Question 2: A teacher increases transition time between activities to reduce the number of behavioral incidents. This is an example of modifying which aspect of the classroom environment?
- Curriculum pacing
- Antecedent conditions (Correct answer)
- Consequence strategies
- Reinforcement schedules
Correct answer: Antecedent conditions
Adjusting transitions modifies antecedent conditions—the environmental factors that precede and trigger problem behavior.
Question 3: In a self-contained special education classroom, a student earns points that are later subtracted for rule violations. This system is called:
- Token economy
- Response cost (Correct answer)
- Differential reinforcement
- Overcorrection
Correct answer: Response cost
Response cost is a punishment procedure in which a specified amount of a reinforcer is removed contingent on the occurrence of a problem behavior.
Question 4: Which of the following best describes 'differential reinforcement of other behavior' (DRO)?
- Reinforcing a specific alternative behavior that replaces the problem behavior
- Reinforcing the absence of problem behavior during a set time interval (Correct answer)
- Reinforcing only low rates of problem behavior
- Reinforcing behavior that is physically incompatible with problem behavior
Correct answer: Reinforcing the absence of problem behavior during a set time interval
DRO provides reinforcement when the target problem behavior has not occurred during a defined time period, reducing the behavior through omission training.
Question 5: A teacher posts the daily schedule on the board each morning. This practice primarily helps students with:
- Improving reading fluency
- Reducing anxiety by providing predictability (Correct answer)
- Increasing competition among peers
- Eliminating the need for transitions
Correct answer: Reducing anxiety by providing predictability
Posting a visual schedule reduces anxiety and behavior problems by giving students a predictable structure they can anticipate throughout the day.
Question 6: Which data collection method involves recording every instance of a behavior within an observation period?
- Interval recording
- Duration recording
- Event (frequency) recording (Correct answer)
- Latency recording
Correct answer: Event (frequency) recording
Event or frequency recording involves tallying each occurrence of a discrete behavior to determine how often it happens during an observation period.
Question 7: A student who consistently disrupts class to avoid difficult assignments is demonstrating behavior maintained by which function?
- Attention
- Tangible reinforcement
- Escape/avoidance (Correct answer)
- Sensory stimulation
Correct answer: Escape/avoidance
When a student uses disruptive behavior to be removed from or avoid a demand, the behavior is maintained by the escape/avoidance function.
BEd Bachelor of Education Bachelor of Education Classroom Management and Behavior Analysis 4
Which classroom management approach emphasizes student self-discipline and understanding the logical consequences of their behavior?