LANTITE Classroom Management Strategies 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student repeatedly calls out answers without raising their hand. Which strategy best addresses this behaviour while maintaining lesson momentum?
- Ignore the student completely until they stop
- Use a non-verbal cue such as a finger-to-lips gesture and continue teaching (Correct answer)
- Stop the lesson and lecture the class about hand-raising rules
- Send the student to the principal's office
Correct answer: Use a non-verbal cue such as a finger-to-lips gesture and continue teaching
Non-verbal cues redirect behaviour with minimal disruption to the flow of instruction.
Question 2: Which seating arrangement is most effective for facilitating whole-class discussion and debate?
- Rows facing the whiteboard
- Horseshoe or U-shape arrangement (Correct answer)
- Clusters of four desks
- Individual desks scattered randomly
Correct answer: Horseshoe or U-shape arrangement
A U-shape allows all students to see each other and the teacher, promoting open dialogue.
Question 3: A teacher notices that transitions between activities take 8–10 minutes each. What is the most effective corrective measure?
- Eliminate all transitions by keeping one activity all lesson
- Teach and practise explicit transition procedures at the start of the year (Correct answer)
- Assign a student helper to manage each transition
- Reduce the number of activities per lesson to one
Correct answer: Teach and practise explicit transition procedures at the start of the year
Teaching and rehearsing transition routines early in the year dramatically reduces lost instructional time.
Question 4: According to Kounin's classroom management research, 'overlapping' refers to a teacher's ability to:
- Overlap lesson content across multiple subjects simultaneously
- Attend to two classroom events at the same time without losing focus on either (Correct answer)
- Ensure curriculum content overlaps with student interests
- Overlap assessment tasks across different student groups
Correct answer: Attend to two classroom events at the same time without losing focus on either
Kounin defined overlapping as the ability to handle two issues simultaneously, such as helping one student while monitoring the rest of the class.
Question 5: A student with anxiety refuses to participate in a group activity. The most appropriate initial response is to:
- Inform the student they will receive a zero for non-participation
- Force the student to join a group to overcome their anxiety
- Quietly offer the student a modified or alternative role within the activity (Correct answer)
- Allow the student to sit out every group activity for the rest of the term
Correct answer: Quietly offer the student a modified or alternative role within the activity
Offering a modified role respects the student's needs while still encouraging gradual participation.
Question 6: Which classroom management approach emphasises building intrinsic motivation rather than external rewards?
- Token economy systems
- Assertive Discipline by Lee Canter
- Positive Behaviour Support focused on internal attribution (Correct answer)
- Sticker chart reward programmes
Correct answer: Positive Behaviour Support focused on internal attribution
Positive Behaviour Support strategies that foster internal attribution encourage students to value behaviour for its own sake rather than for prizes.
Question 7: A teacher's classroom rules are best described when they are:
- Long and comprehensive, covering every possible situation
- Negatively framed to clarify what is forbidden
- Few in number, positively stated, and displayed prominently (Correct answer)
- Created solely by the teacher without student input
Correct answer: Few in number, positively stated, and displayed prominently
Research supports a small number of positively worded rules that are visible and understood by all students.
LANTITE Classroom Management Strategies 2
A student repeatedly calls out answers without raising their hand.
Which strategy best addresses this behaviour while maintaining lesson momentum?