Classroom Management Flashcards

A teacher is struggling with transitions between activities taking too long. The best solution is to:

Answer: Teach, practice, and time transitions as structured routines

Explicitly teaching and practicing transition procedures with timed goals dramatically reduces wasted time.

Which behavior management approach emphasizes student self-regulation and internal motivation rather than external rewards?

Answer: Logical Consequences model

The Logical Consequences model, developed by Dreikurs, emphasizes helping students understand the natural results of their choices to build internal responsibility.

During independent practice, a teacher should primarily:

Answer: Circulate and provide targeted feedback

Active monitoring and targeted feedback during independent practice keeps students on task and addresses misconceptions in real time.

A student's misbehavior intensifies when the teacher gives attention, even negative attention. The function of this behavior is most likely:

Answer: Attention seeking

When behavior increases in response to attention—positive or negative—the function is typically attention-seeking.

What is the primary benefit of using a class-wide behavior chart with public tracking?

Answer: It creates group accountability and shared goals

Group contingency systems build collective responsibility and can leverage positive peer pressure to support expected behavior.

Which of the following is a proactive classroom management strategy?

Answer: Designing engaging lessons that reduce opportunity for off-task behavior

Proactive management prevents problems by addressing instructional and environmental factors before misbehavior occurs.

A new teacher frequently stops instruction to address minor misbehaviors, causing momentum loss. What should the teacher develop?

Answer: A continuum of least-to-most intrusive interventions

A least-to-most intrusive continuum allows teachers to address minor misbehaviors without halting instruction unnecessarily.