TJHSST Classroom Management Strategies 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student repeatedly calls out answers without raising their hand. Which proactive strategy best addresses this pattern?
- Send the student to the office immediately
- Establish and consistently reinforce a class-wide hand-raising norm from day one (Correct answer)
- Ignore the behavior to avoid embarrassing the student
- Only call on students who call out to reward participation
Correct answer: Establish and consistently reinforce a class-wide hand-raising norm from day one
Proactively establishing and consistently enforcing norms prevents call-outs from becoming habitual.
Question 2: Which seating arrangement best supports collaborative group work while allowing the teacher to monitor all students?
- Rows facing the front
- Clusters or pods of 3-4 desks (Correct answer)
- A single large circle
- Alphabetical rows
Correct answer: Clusters or pods of 3-4 desks
Cluster seating promotes small-group collaboration and still allows the teacher to circulate and monitor easily.
Question 3: What is the primary purpose of using a 'quiet signal' such as a raised hand or a chime?
- To punish noisy students
- To quickly transition the class to attention without raising the teacher's voice (Correct answer)
- To signal the end of class
- To indicate when students may use restrooms
Correct answer: To quickly transition the class to attention without raising the teacher's voice
A quiet signal gives students a consistent, calm cue to stop and listen, reducing the need for the teacher to shout.
Question 4: A teacher notices two students whispering off-task during direct instruction. The least disruptive correction is to:
- Stop the lesson and address them publicly
- Proximity — move closer to them while continuing to teach (Correct answer)
- Remove them from the classroom
- Lower the grade of both students
Correct answer: Proximity — move closer to them while continuing to teach
Proximity is a non-verbal, low-profile intervention that often stops off-task behavior without disrupting the lesson.
Question 5: Which of the following describes a 'logical consequence' as opposed to a punishment?
- A student who disrupts loses recess for a week
- A student who draws on a desk must clean all the desks (Correct answer)
- A student who talks in class must write 100 sentences
- A student who is late receives a detention unrelated to tardiness
Correct answer: A student who draws on a desk must clean all the desks
Logical consequences are directly related to the misbehavior, helping students connect actions to outcomes.
Question 6: In the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework, Tier 1 supports are designed for:
- Students with individualized behavior intervention plans
- Students referred to the school counselor
- All students school-wide through universal prevention strategies (Correct answer)
- Students in alternative education settings
Correct answer: All students school-wide through universal prevention strategies
Tier 1 PBIS provides universal, school-wide strategies targeting all students to prevent behavioral problems.
Question 7: Which teacher behavior most strongly predicts a well-managed classroom according to research?
- Strict zero-tolerance discipline policies
- Withitness — the teacher's awareness of all classroom activity at all times (Correct answer)
- Assigning lots of independent seat work
- Keeping classroom rules secret until violated
Correct answer: Withitness — the teacher's awareness of all classroom activity at all times
Kounin's concept of 'withitness' — the teacher knowing what is happening everywhere — is strongly linked to fewer behavioral disruptions.
TJHSST Classroom Management Strategies 2
A student repeatedly calls out answers without raising their hand.
Which proactive strategy best addresses this pattern?