Questions
Review the following questions and respond to any five. Clearly mark the five questions you are responding to in your document you upload to Moodle.
Each question is worth 10 points.
1a). Explain how teachers can set the right tone and start off a new year and class on the right foot. 1b). What are some strategies for effective classroom management?
2a). What are the four basic principles for classroom arrangement? 2b). Identify and explain three arrangement styles. 2c). What are advantages and drawbacks to authoritarian, authoritative and permissive classroom styles?
3a.) Identify and explain how you can get students to adhere to classroom rules; get students to cooperate and promote diversity in the classroom. 3b). What are effective communication skills to employ in the classroom?
4a.) Identify and explain how you would deal with problem behaviors and aggression in the classroom. Make sure to use research based practices from the text or other sources.
5a). Is there a role for standardized tests in education? Why or why not? 5b). What are the criteria for evaluating standardized tests? 5c). What is the difference between an aptitude test and achievement test?
6a). Do you agree with administration of high stakes standardized tests in the classroom? Why or why not? 6b). Why is it important for teachers to be assessed with standardized tests such as the PRAXIS test?
7a). How can teachers help students prepare for standardized tests? 7b). Identify some issues with the use of standardized tests and whether you think performance assessments better capture a students overall knowledge.
8a). What are current trends in classroom assessment? Do you think these trends are good ideas? Why or why not? 8b). What are some types of traditional tests? Do you think these types of tests have value today?
9a). Why are rubrics important for teachers and students? 9b). Identify what a portfolio is and different types of portfolios that can be used for different purposes.
10a). What are the purposes of grading (or providing grades to students)? 10b). Are providing progress reports important? Why or why not?
