Chapters 1 & 2
People believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work.
What is Growth Mindset?
A place or environment in which a person or category of people can feel confident that they will not be exposed to discrimination, criticism, harassment, or any other emotional or physical harm.
What is Safe Space?
This is a stern look and stare teachers give to those students who are not yet adhering to the signal for quiet.
What is hairy eyeball?
A prevention-oriented approach that fosters consensus-based decisions to resolve school conflict such as bullying, truancy and disruptive behavior.
What is restorative discipline?
The wide variety of skills and techniques that teachers use to ensure that their classroom runs smoothly.
What is Classroom Management?
When confronted with a stressful situation.
What is Fight, Flight or Freeze?
A purposeful way of dividing up your classroom into different subject/learning areas.
What are Learning Centers?
The process of moving from one lesson, space, or event to another during the course of the school day
What is Transition?
The group receiving a reward as the result of meeting a measurable behavior goal.
What is Group Reinforcement?
Plans for the students who are unable to experience success within the classroom management plan.
What are individual contingency plans?
The ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don't align with your internal standards.
A well-rehearsed response to a teacher's directive.
What is Classroom Routine?
The process of taking active steps to achieve your desired outcome
What is Goal Setting?
Tailoring instruction to meet individual needs.
What is differentiating instruction?
A five (or seven) point scale which is used to allow the individual to express how much they agree or disagree with a particular statement.
What is the Likert Scale?
The ability to take the perspective of and empathize with others, including those from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
What is Social Awareness?
A cooperative learning strategy that involves movement, discussion, and reflection.
What is Carousel?
Evaluation of oneself or one's actions and attitudes, in particular, of one's performance at a job or learning task considered in relation to an objective standard.
What is Self-Assessment?
Students who master the information and skills in the lesson quickly and are not further challenged often behave in a similar way to those who are frustrated.
What is the Bored Student?
Strategy when students are encouraged to give a brief answer or say "pass" if they do not have an answer. Students with the same answer are allowed to repeat the same answer and are encouraged to add something extra to the discussion.
What is a Word Whip