Classroom Management & Engagement Flashcards
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Which theoretical framework emphasizes that behavior is learned through reinforcement and punishment?
Answer: Behaviorism
Behaviorism, associated with theorists like Skinner, holds that behaviors are learned and maintained through consequences such as reinforcement and punishment.
A teacher allows students to choose their seats, select from assignment menu options, and set personal learning goals. This approach reflects which classroom management philosophy?
Answer: Student voice and agency
Providing students with meaningful choices in seating, assignments, and goal-setting reflects a philosophy that values student voice, agency, and self-determination.
What is a transition routine and why is it important for classroom management?
Answer: A procedure students follow when moving between activities, reducing wasted time and disruption
Transition routines are structured procedures for moving between activities that minimize off-task time, reduce disruptions, and maintain instructional momentum.
Which approach to classroom rules aligns best with research on effective classroom management?
Answer: Students collaboratively create a few positively worded expectations with teacher guidance
Collaboratively developed, positively worded expectations (3-5 rules) increase student buy-in, clarity, and compliance compared to long lists of teacher-imposed prohibitions.
A student repeatedly shouts out answers without raising their hand. The teacher ignores the shouting and calls only on students with raised hands. What behavior management technique is the teacher using?
Answer: Extinction
Extinction involves withholding reinforcement (in this case, attention) from a previously reinforced behavior, leading to a decrease in that behavior over time.
What does research identify as the most effective approach to establishing classroom rules?
Answer: Involving students in co-creating a few positively framed expectations and explicitly teaching and practicing them
Co-creating, explicitly teaching, and consistently practicing a small set of positive behavioral expectations leads to greater student understanding and compliance.