Author Question: Your colleague says that her third grade students are always trying to feed the pets, pick up ... (Read 44 times)

nautica902 · **on:** Sep 14, 2018

Your colleague says that her third grade students are always trying to feed the pets, pick up dropped papers, and share pencils. She finds their behavior frustrating. What advice do you have for her?

a. Praise students when they do not do those behaviors in order to eliminate those behaviors.

b. Point out that these are important prosocial behaviors that she should encourage in her students.

c. Emphasize that the teacher, not other students, should feel responsible for feeding pets and providing pencils.
d. Tell her to post rules on the wall and enforce them.

Question 2

Pablo keeps pushing and poking Ben. The teacher asks Pablo to stop teasing Ben and to think about how sad it must make Ben feel. In this scenario, the teacher is using which of the following?

a. emotional dissemblance

b. victim-centered induction
c. power-assertive discipline
d. altruism