EDPSY Exam 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Principle of least intervention correct answer: Prevention, Nonverbal Cues, Praise Appropriate Behavior, Vicarious Reinforcement, Verbal Reminders, and Consequences Time on task correct answer: After all the other processes going on in class, teachers are left with a much smaller time for overall task. Consequences correct answer: If all procedures to get students to on task fail, give the students a choice: Either follow the rules or they get a consequence. Follow through with the consequence Nonverbal cues correct answer: Using your body language to give a message to a person without saying anything, standing near the students Assertive Discipline correct answer: Using the check mark system when students act out. Solution to Assertive Discipline correct answer: Use the check marks for when the student does something good, rather than when they do something bad. Seating for effective management correct answer: Seating arrangements that students can stay on task and focus Rewards correct answer: Symbolic, Recognition, Activities, Material Things Kounin's 5 Constructs of Management correct answer: Teacher behaviors associated with getting and keeping students on task and minimizing behavior problems. What are the 5 constructs of Management? correct answer: Withitness, Overlapping, Momentum, Smoothness, and Group Alerting Withitness correct answer: An awareness of all that is happening in the room Overlapping correct answer: The ability to do two actions at one time Smooth Transitions correct answer: The ability to move quickly and efficiently from one activity to the next with minimal disruptions Momentum correct answer: Maintaining the flow of the instructional activity. Not too fast or too slow. Group Focus correct answer: The ability to keep students on task, or get them back on task with minimal distraction to the flow of the lesson Timing correct answer: When a teacher catches things going wrong early they can solve the problem before it gets our of control.