Author Question: Johnny is a new student who joins your fourth-grade classroom in the second month of school. You ... (Read 213 times)

kamilo84 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Johnny is a new student who joins your fourth-grade classroom in the second month of school. You decide to go over the rules again with the entire class, even having some of the original students demonstrate rules and procedures. This decision is

a. advisable, because elementary students need periodic reminders of classroom behavioral expectations, particularly early in the school year.
b. advisable, because Johnny likely has no idea what sorts of behaviors are expected in the classroom.
c. inadvisable, because by the second month of school, teachers should be focusing on content, and another student could just tell Johnny the rules.
d. inadvisable, because the original students in the class may exhibit a reflexive backslide in compliance if they realize how restricted their behavior choices are.

Question 2

With regard to establishing the value of behavior standards, which of the following statements is inaccurate?

a. Definitions and expectations for appropriate behavior are culturally influenced.
b. Individuals set apart from the culture of power should be explicitly taught the rules of the culture of power.
c. Students should be led to see how setting behavioral norms benefit all members of the group.
d. Teachers are more likely than students to be aware of the power differentials that are present in school settings.