Positive/Negative Climate
The dimension that includes sarcasm, physical control and irritability.
What is Negative Climate?
The subcategories for “Teacher Sensitivity.”
What are student comfort, addressing problems, responsiveness, and awareness?”
The dimension that includes clear Behavior Expectations, Proactive Behavior, Redirecting Misbehavior, Student Behavior.
What is “Behavior Management?”
The subcategories for “Instructional Learning Formats.”
What are Effective Facilitation, Variety of Modalities and Materials, Student Interest, and Clarity of Learning Objectives?
Teachers usually provide additional information to expand on students’ understanding.
What is a high score on “Providing Information?”
The subcategory describing teacher use of yelling or threats to establish control.
“What is Punitive Control?”
The subcategory describing when teacher actions include acknowledging student feelings and providing support.
What is “Responsiveness?”
The dimension name that includes when teachers use subtle cues to redirect children, when teachers are not reactive, and teachers provide proactive behavior modeling.
What is “Behavior Management?”
This subcategory describes a classrooms’ range of materials, range of visual/movement/auditory opportunities, and opportunity for hands-on experiences.
What is “Variety of Modalities and Materials?”
Teachers ask children to explain their thinking.
What is “Prompting Thought Processes?”
The subcategory that includes using a warm, calm voice and eye contact.
What is Respect?
The subcategory that gives credit to teachers for planning in order to anticipate challenges or problems.
What is “Awareness?”
The dimension that includes routines, preparation, transitions and maximizing learning time.
What is “Productivity?”
DAILY DOUBLE This dimension measures how much a teacher provides experiences in all these areas: brainstorming, prediction, planning, creating, comparing, connecting, applying, and problem solving.
What is “Concept Development?”
Subcategory describing teacher action of not giving an answer but helping children discover answers through hints or simpler examples.
What is “Scaffolding?”
The subcategory that includes having positive expectations?
What is Positive Communication?
The subcategory and rating for when a teacher often incorporates student interests in planning.
What is a high, in “Flexibility and Student Focus?”
The rating and subcategory for when teachers give clear instructions, have follow-through and children know what they are supposed to do.
What is high, in “Routines?”
Teachers often provide opportunities for students to generate their own ideas and products.
What is a high rating for “creating?”
Subcategory describing teacher action of recognizing student effort.
What is “Encouragement and Affirmation?”
The subcategory that includes teacher enthusiasm.
What is "Positive Affect?”
The subcategory and rating for when students can move freely around the room during activities.
What is a high, in “Restriction of Movement?”
The subcategory and rating for when teachers provide experiences for children, children have options once one tasks are completed, and teachers complete managerial tasks efficiently.
What is a high score on “Maximizing Learning Time?”
Teachers consistently link current topics to previous learning.
What is a high rating on “Integration?”
The subcategory describing when teachers use new and interesting vocabulary with students.
What is “Advanced Language?”