Chapter 3

Guided Questions for Discussion

1. Cite at least 3 indicators of consistent classroom management.

 Consistent, proactive discipline is the crux of effective classroom

management.
 Strike a balance between variety and challenge in student’s activities.
 Reinforce positive behavior. Be generous with genuine praise.

2. Give 2 adjectives of a proactive classroom management style.

 Enforce discipline to prevent inappropriate behaviour.

 Establish positive relationship with all students in the class.

3. Aren’t routines boring? Why is establishing routines considered as one

effective practice in classroom management? Reconcile.

 Not boring, daily routines save your time effectively. When you establish
routine in your classroom, the students will already know what to do
and they become habitual.

4. What is meant by this statement: “Restlessness is the father of classroom

disciplinary problems”.

 In classroom management, there will be no restlessness if you don’t take

disciplinary action, don’t let them ruin everything. Establish disciplinary
action to stop inappropriate and disturbance in the classroom.

5. What is the golden mean between the extremely easy and extremely
difficult student activities? Why is this midpoint an effective classroom
management practice?

 Being in midpoint is an effective classroom management because

students can do medium skills base on their desirability effort without
forcing them to do more that may cause stress. At least we appreciate
the best of their doings.
6. Effective classroom managers have “eyes on the back of their heads”.
Explain your answer.

 It means you seem to be able to detect and can sense what is going on
all around even your back faces them.

7. Explain the “ripple effect” of classroom misdemeanour.

 Ripple effect means minor wrongdoing, before it’s getting worse, the
teacher must ought to respond to inappropriate behavior promptly .

8. When is praise said to be genuine?

 For our praise to be genuine, it must be given according to merit. If they

done something excellent activities praise them by saying “excellent”, do
not be overgenerous.

9. What is a sound way of treating minor disturbances?

 Move around and observe what cause disturbances. Then show your
presence like an extremely powerful by looking like a tiger or other
fiercely body language.
Chapter 4
Guided Questions for Discussion:

1. Can the teaching cycle be complete without assessment? Explain your

answer.

 It will never be completed without assessment. Without proper

assessment the learning outcome is irrelevant. Assessment has a
guidelines or procedures that would fit students to learn effectively.

2. With which should assessment tool or technique match?

 Assessment tool or technique should match with the content and its
application to ensure quality assessment. Instructional tool must be
aligned with our performance objective in order to be valid in
assessment.

3. What is a way of finding out if the concept of mitosis was understood by the
kinaesthetically intelligent students? the musically intelligent? the spatially
intelligent?

 Kinaesthetically intelligent students can build a model about “mitosis”.

 Musically intelligent students can create a song about “mitosis”
 Spatially intelligent students can draw a picture of “mitosis”.

4. Explain the “bell curve” mentality. Why does this contradict the idea that all
children can achieve?

 “Bell curve” mentality means there’s no need to even try to get some
kids to learn because they weren’t born with the right stuff, that some
students have the ability to achieve while some do not. It means
learning is not for all
5. What are some consequences of using test/quiz as a form of punishment?

 Most of unexpected formative test may results of failure, because it

invalidates the true purpose of assessment when a teacher conducts a
surprise quiz as a form of punishment. Furthermore, the assessment is
not aligned with the lesson plan.

6. Why should parents be informed about their children’s achievement?

 Because parents are concern to their child’s learning progress and they
like to know how their children are doing in school. Parents would be
also aware if their children done misbehaviour.