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

Question

1. Planning activities that are interesting and relevant to students’ lives is one way to reduce the likelihood that students will misbehave.
2. Miss Hobart introduces each topic in her history class by reading a relevant story or primary source document aloud to students. True or false: Miss Hobart is presenting a poor model of behavior.
3. Mr. Ledford gets annoyed at his students, slams his books down on the desk, and tells them they will silently do worksheets for the rest of the period. His behavior is appropriate because the students should always treat their teachers with respect.
4. Apologizing to your students when you lose your temper or teach a lesson that flops is a bad idea.
5. Miss Mahoney is the teacher in the classroom next to yours. She stops in your room one day and says, “I just went off on my students. They were SO annoying, and I didn’t get much sleep last night. Plus I have a parent conference after school and a meeting tonight. I hate long days like this. So I lectured them about respect and about how real life isn’t always a cake walk.” True or false: Miss Mahoney’s personal frustration may have influenced the way she interacted with her students.

Answer 1

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