3304 Week 7 Quiz

Ms.Granger teaches a self-contained classroom for children who have severe behavior problems. She schedules each minute of her students' time with various learning experiences. Mr. Williams teaches in the same type of classroom with students who are a year or two older than Ms. Granger's students. However, he allows students several 30 minute minimally supervised breaks during their time in his classroom. Based on the assigned readings, which classroom do you think has a higher chance of behavioral disruptions?

• Granger

• Williams

Mr. Hernandez taught in a school that served many students whose behavior at school was influenced by elements outside of the school. He chaired a committee formed to address this problem. Their focus was on teacher-student relationships. They knew that these relationships would serve as a buffer to many outside influences. Based on the assigned readings, which of the following is an example of an outside influence?

• Individual

• Family

• Neighborhood

• Individual, family, and neighborhood

Mr. Yi used a variety of activities each day and, as a result, his students never knew what to expect when they came to class. Mr. Yi thought that this way of teaching would keep his students engaged and help keep them from being bored. When he began to have classroom management problems, a mentor teacher pointed out that his planning lacked a key element. Based on the assigned readings, which element is missing in Mr. Yi's planning?

• Weekly Exams

• Consequences for his students' misbehaviors

• Establish classroom routines

• Group projects

Gathering objective data on student behavior, which we refer to as data collection, behavioral monitoring, or behavioral measurement, allows teachers to determine their effectiveness of interventions and whether those interventions should be continued without change, adjusted or changed completely is an important part of_________.

• Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

• Behavioral Supports

• Environmental Behavioral Supports

• Interventions to support behavior

All of the following are examples of DESIRED classroom behaviors EXCEPT:

• Assignments completed

• Number of puzzle pieces correctly placed

• Amount of time spent sharing a toy

• Number of times skipping school

Measuring behavior is the most reliable method for determining the effectiveness of an intervention.

• True

• False

Data collection should always occur during the time of day when the target behavior is most likely to occur.

• True

• False

Conversion is always needed with duration and latency data.

• True

• False

Unrestricted event data may be reported as a rate or length of time.

• True

• False

Which element(s) of problem behavior is most predictable?

• age-appropriateness

• when and where it occurs

• the role of academic tasks

• the structure of the classroom