Creating Classroom Norms With Students Quiz

What is the main difference between rules and norms in a classroom setting?

• Rules are enforced through external consequences, while norms are commitments agreed upon by participants.

• Rules are only used in elementary schools, while norms are used in high schools.

• Rules are created by students, while norms are imposed by teachers.

• Norms are more strict than rules.

Why are norms considered more effective than rules in enhancing student collective efficacy?

• Norms are less time-consuming to establish.

• Norms involve student input and create a sense of shared responsibility.

• Norms are more fun to create.

• Norms are easier to remember than rules.

What is one of the key benefits of using norms in a classroom?

• They create an expectation of threat and failure.

• They eliminate the need for any rules.

• They ensure that students never make mistakes.

• They allow students to hold themselves and each other accountable.

How can teachers help students in the process of creating norms?

• By ignoring student input.

• By setting strict punishments for not following norms.

• By offering scaffolding and gradual release of responsibility.

• By providing all the norms themselves.

What should be done once the foundation of using norms is laid in a classroom?

• Stop using norms and switch back to rules.

• Make setting norms the first task for any project or group work.

• Only use norms for the first semester.

• Avoid reflecting on norms to save time.

In order to bring the idea of class norms alive - Try matching the beginning of a phrase with the correct end to review classroom expectations for a typical social studies class.

• at a reasonable volume

• Speak

• on task

• Arrive

• your teacher

• Respect

• classmates, teachers, & school property

• Stay

• on time

• Listen to