Principles of Educational Psychology

What is the main difference between beginning and expert teachers in their responses to student misbehaviour?

Accroding to Canadian research on self-regulated learning which of the following is considered critical to the development of intrinsic motivation and self-regulated learning?

Three of the following are suggested strategies for establishing rules and procedures.Which one is not?

Which one of the following is the most accurate representation of LeMare and Sohbat's (2002) findings regarding student perceptions of teacher characteristics that are related to help seeking?

One strategy for maintaining a productive classroom environment is to keep students busy and engaged at all times.Three of the following practices reflect this strategy.Which one does not?

Which one of the following issues is usually most important to consider when a student behaves in an unacceptable fashion in the classroom?

Ms.Giesbrecht, a sixth grade teacher, is explaining an assignment.She notices two students passing notes to one another.While continuing to discuss the assignment, she moves toward the students and confiscates the written notes.Then she walks back to the front of the class without discontinuing her lecture and asks Mark, who is daydreaming, to answer a question.This scenario best illustrates:

Three of the following strategies may help promote a sense of community in the classroom.Which strategy is least likely to promote this sense of community?

Students are especially likely to misbehave during transitions from one activity to another.Which one of the following high school teachers is handling a transition in a recommended fashion?

Which one of the following strategies is consistent with how teacher planning contributes to effective classroom management?

Which one of the following examples is most consistent with the definition in the textbook of a misbehaviour?

From the perspective of the textbook, which one of the following classrooms clearly reflects effective classroom management?

From a classroom management standpoint, the most suitable physical arrangement of a classroom is one that:

Four students are talking in the cafeteria about their new teachers.From the perspective of the textbook, which student is describing the most effective classroom climate?

Which one of the following examples is consistent with what the textbook means by giving students a sense of control?

Which one of the following examples is most consistent with educators' views of an effective classroom climate?

Our students are most likely to follow classroom rules if they understand the reasons behind the rules.Below are four possible ways we might help students learn why we establish certain rules for classroom behaviour.Which one is most consistent with recommendations offered in the textbook?

Which of the following is considered to be a situation in which students are likely to misbehave?

Ms.Paquette, a fifth grade teacher, wants all her students to be able to see her easily.She has read that the students nearest the teacher are more likely to pay attention and learn in class.Therefore, she arranges her classroom at the beginning of the year putting her desk in the center of the room and the students' desks in three concentric circles around hers.Identify the biggest problem with Ms.Paquette's arrangement.

In which one of the following situations would it be best to ignore a student's misbehaviour?