Getting the attention of students who are engaged in a task can ...

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Getting the attention of students who are engaged in a task can be challenging. What do the text authors recommend as an effective means of calling for the whole class's attention at once?
 
  a. an auditory signal, such as the use of a bell or timer
  b. a visual signal such as raising your hand
  c. raising your voice so that all students can hear, and lowering the pitch as you speak, because students naturally associate lower-pitched voices with authority
  d. a visual and auditory signal that requires a response from the students

Question 2

Miss Blevins is an effective new teacher who works in the room next to yours. She is known for maintaining a fairly tight ship; she particularly likes students to be very quiet as they work. After school one day, she comes to your room and says, I decided to try some cooperative learning activities, and we started today with a simple task. My gosh, the kids were SO noisy They were talking about the task itself, and not chit-chatting about other things, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the increased noise.. What response would you give in this situation?
 
  a. Lots of teachers feel that way when they first use cooperative groups, but you'll get used to it and it won't be so upsetting. After all, it's productive, engaged talk, and that leads to deep learning for students..
  b. You can administer consequences to reduce the amount of talking that's taking place..
  c. The students will eventually learn not to talk so much, so hang in there. They're just chatty because the format is new to them..
  d. I know, right? I tried cooperative learning with my students, and they just could NOT keep their voices down..

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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a