Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Brody is a very active student who is prone to wander the room when he should be working. Miss Gonzales points out that he’s out of his seat at an inappropriate time, Brody often seems genuinely surprised. When Brody does sit in his chair, he rocks back and forth, stands up, kneels in the seat, and so forth. Miss Gonzales wants Brody to sit quietly at his desk and do his seatwork instead of wandering the room or rocking his chair back and forth constantly. She decides the first thing to do is to praise Brody when he remains in or near his desk during seatwork. True or false: Miss Gonzales is using successive approximation with Brody.
2. Glasser would have a teacher focus on how to best help a student behave in the current moment instead of focusing on past inappropriate behavior.
3. Several prominent management specialists agree that a teacher’s interpersonal skills are critical in if the teacher is to become an effective classroom manager.
4. Glasser believes that allowing students to experience failure in school is a powerful way to motivate them toward better effort.
5. Helping students recognize their inappropriate behavioral choices is of limited value in facilitating lasting behavior change.

Answer 1

1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE