Question 1
There are five helping behaviors related to effective teaching (using student ideas and contributions, structuring, questioning, probing and teacher affect). Please choose three of these behaviors and write down how you would use them in your classroom in your area of certification.
Question 2
Keeping in mind the three basic models of discipline (loose boundaries, tight boundaries, flexible boundaries) discuss strategies for each and explain how these models correlate to Humanist, Applied Behavior Analysis, and Classroom Management Traditions.
Question 3
How would you use low-profile management in your classroom?
Question 4
There are four stage of group development (forming, storming, norming, and performing). How do these four stages of development relate to your classroom climate and instructional strategies?
Question 5
There are 5 types of social power (expert, referent, legitimate, reward, and coercive). Choose 3 of these to define and explain how you could achieve each of the 3 levels in your own classroom.
Question 6
Public Law 94-142 contained six important premises that were the foundation for providing special education services for all students. Please list three of the provisions and give a brief explanation of each provision.
Question 7
Please define LRE and explain what significance it has for a general education teacher.
Question 8
Provide two examples of feedback that you would use with your students in a culturally diverse classroom.
Question 9
The cultural difference model focuses on solutions that require more culturally sensitive links to and responses from the school and the educational system. Please provided three ways to address cultural differences in your classroom in your certification area.
Question 10
Think of a child with the typical SES, learning history, and culture that you could have in your own classroom. In your own words explain what is meant by Family School Partnerships and provide 3 examples of how you could strengthen this partnership in your classroom.