Emotional Support
This dimension measures, respect, and enjoyment between teachers and children
What is Positive Climate
This dimension focuses on preventing behavior problems before they happen.
What is Behavior Management?
Helping children analyze, predict, compare, and solve problems.
What is Concept Development?
A teacher says,
"Tell me more."
What is Quality of Feedback?
How many CLASS domains are there?
Three
Teachers notice children's emotions and respond quickly and appropriately.
What is Teacher Sensitivity?
Transitions are smooth, and children spend most of their time learning.
What is Productivity?
Providing feedback that extends children's thinking.
What is Quality of Feedback?
A teacher asks,
"What do you think will happen next?"
What is Concept Development?
Name the three CLASS domains.
Giving children leadership opportunities and encouraging independence demonstrates this dimension.
What is Regard for Student Perspectives?
Children are interested and actively participating in learning.
What is Instructional Learning Formats?
Encouraging children to explain their ideas instead of giving one-word answers.
What is Language Modeling?
A teacher notices a quiet child looking upset and kneels beside them.
What is Teacher Sensitivity?
How many dimensions are in the Preschool CLASS tool?
Ten
Name two teacher behaviors that build Positive Climate.
Name one strategy that improves Productivity.
Which question promotes Concept Development? A. What color is it? B. How are these two animals alike?
B
A teacher lets children decide whether to paint first or build first.
What is Regard for Student Perspectives?
True or False:
CLASS measures the classroom environment and materials.
False
(CLASS measures teacher-child interactions, not the quality of materials.)
A child is frustrated because a tower keeps falling. What would a teacher with high Emotional Support do?
A teacher spends 12 minutes waiting for everyone to clean up.
Which CLASS dimension needs improvement?
What is Productivity?
Name two ways to improve Language Modeling.
A teacher expands,
"Yes, that's a butterfly. It has colorful wings that help it survive."
What is Language Modeling?
What is the purpose of CLASS?