CLASS Outline
Indicators
Behavior Markers
Behavioral Markers
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100
Name the one domain in the Infant Classroom Assessment Scoring System?
What is Responsive Caregiving?
100
One of these Indicators is not listed in the Relational Climate dimension.
a) Relational Behaviors b) Infant Comfort c) Emotion Expression
What is Infant Comfort?
100
This indicator in the Early Language Support dimension looks at how frequently teacher encourage infants to verbalize by initiating sounds or words with infants or imitating the sounds they make.
What is Communication Support?
100
This behavioral marker in the Facilitated Exploration dimension would have teachers clapping when an infant claps.
What is an mirror behavior?
100
This is the shortened name for Classroom Assessment Scoring System.
What is CLASS?
200
Name the dimension whose goal is to create a language-rich environment that helps infants learn to express themselves and communicate their needs.
What is Early Language Support?
200
One of these Indicators is not listed in the Teacher Sensitivity dimension.
a) Responsiveness b) Communication Support c) Awareness and Cue Detection
What is Communication Support?
200
This indicator in the Teacher Sensitivity dimension assesses how consistently a teacher responds to the verbal and physical cues of infants and adjusts their actions based on individual infant needs.
What is Responiveness?
200
This behavior marker in the Relational Climate dimension has teachers saying, "please" and "thank you".
What is respectful language?
200
This is the percentage of weight each educator's classroom performance has on their CLASS score.
What is 100%?
300
Name the dimension whose emphasis it is to play with infants, give them space to explore, and follow their attention and interests, while building on those interests to create learning opportunities.
What Facilitated Exploration?
300
One of these Indicators is not listed in the Facilitated Exploration dimension.
a) Expansion of Infants' Experience b) Infant Focused c) Lack of Adult Negativity
What is Lack of Adult Negativity?
300
This indicator in the Facilitated Exploration dimension considers how regularly teachers encourage infants to persist in experiences verbally and enthusiastically, adjusting their experience as needed to support continued involvement.
What is Expansion of Infants' Experience?
300
This behavior marker in the Early Language Support dimension has teachers verbally describing how they are changing an infants diaper.
What is self-talk?
300
This domain is the most difficult to score high in.
What is INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT?
400
Name the dimension whose objective is to build relationships with infants, enjoying time with them, and treating them with respect.
What is Relational Climate?
400
One of these Indicators is not listed in the Early Language Support dimension.
a)Involvement b) Communication extension c) Teacher talk
What is Involvement?
400
In the Relational Climate dimension, this Indicator assesses how frequently teachers use a calm tone, respectful language, and gentle touches. It also considers how consistently they verbally prepare infants for what is next and use respectful language.
What is Respect for Infants' State?
400
This behavior marker in the Teacher Sensitivity dimension has teachers looking around the room at infants and smiling.
What is visually scan?
400
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This infant is seeking out a teacher for comfort. This matches the Indicator in which Dimension?
What is the Teacher Sensitivity dimension?
500
Name the dimension that measures being available to provide comfort to infants and responding to their individual needs b listening and watching for their verbal and physical cues.
What is the Teacher Sensitivity?
500
This Indicator in the Relational Climate dimension assesses irritation/frustration, verbal harshness, rough handling, and negative comments.
What is Lack of Negativity?
500
This indicator in the Early Language Support dimension would have teachers describing their own and infants' actions during activities and routines.
What is Teacher Talk?
500
This behavior marker might have a teacher place a favorite toy a few inches from an infant to encourage crawling.
What is encourage behavior?
500
Name a behavioral marker under the indicator "Relational behaviors" in the Relational Climate dimension that would go with this picture.
What is proximity OR eye contact?