EDPY 401 Exam 3 Study Guide
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
T or F: teachers should implement effective classroom management
strategies after they have spent a week or two getting to know the
characteristics of their students - ✔✔false
- teachers should be implementing effective classroom strategies right
away (should be thinking months before)
T or F: if teachers manage classrooms effectively, student engagement will
increase, which in turn will lead to higher levels of academic achievement -
✔✔true
- because students are engaging more, they will understand the topic more
leading to further achievement (better management = more learning time)
T or F: good teacher-student relationships and parental involvement both
contribute to positive outcomes such as increased intrinsic motivation and
student engagement - ✔✔true
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,-because they develop an intrinsic motivation to achieve their goals parents
and teachers have set for them
T or F: discipline should be viewed by teachers as an opportunity to teach
students skills that will be useful to them throughout their lives - ✔✔true
-opportunity to help students grow
T or F: research indicates that students learn better when instruction is
matched to their learning styles - ✔✔false
-learning styles has no research to support that they are a thing
T or F: in discovery learning, students may complete the lesson but not
gain any knowledge, or may gain inappropriate knowledge - ✔✔true
-because they have no guidance, they may learn things they shouldn't
T or F: cooperative learning can lead to many beneficial academic and
social outcomes for students from elementary school through high school -
✔✔true
-because you are pushing kids to share ideas and be social in class
increases trust and communication (more cooperation=less bullying)
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, T or F: almost all psychologists agree that intelligence involves adaptation
to the environment - ✔✔true
-judging intelligence on adaptation
T or F: there is no connection between IQ and socioeconomic status -
✔✔false
-students with higher ses have more resources
T or F: to be eligible for special education with emotional disturbance, the
student's condition or character must adversely affect their educational
performance - ✔✔true
-it has to have impact on education
T or F: individuals with ADHD have a neurological condition that impairs
self-regulation - ✔✔true
-it is the disorder
what advice would you give a newly hired teacher on effective classroom
management? - ✔✔-setting up expectations
-maintaining rules/work time
-be consistent in rewards/consequences
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Questions with 100% Correct Answers
T or F: teachers should implement effective classroom management
strategies after they have spent a week or two getting to know the
characteristics of their students - ✔✔false
- teachers should be implementing effective classroom strategies right
away (should be thinking months before)
T or F: if teachers manage classrooms effectively, student engagement will
increase, which in turn will lead to higher levels of academic achievement -
✔✔true
- because students are engaging more, they will understand the topic more
leading to further achievement (better management = more learning time)
T or F: good teacher-student relationships and parental involvement both
contribute to positive outcomes such as increased intrinsic motivation and
student engagement - ✔✔true
1
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
,-because they develop an intrinsic motivation to achieve their goals parents
and teachers have set for them
T or F: discipline should be viewed by teachers as an opportunity to teach
students skills that will be useful to them throughout their lives - ✔✔true
-opportunity to help students grow
T or F: research indicates that students learn better when instruction is
matched to their learning styles - ✔✔false
-learning styles has no research to support that they are a thing
T or F: in discovery learning, students may complete the lesson but not
gain any knowledge, or may gain inappropriate knowledge - ✔✔true
-because they have no guidance, they may learn things they shouldn't
T or F: cooperative learning can lead to many beneficial academic and
social outcomes for students from elementary school through high school -
✔✔true
-because you are pushing kids to share ideas and be social in class
increases trust and communication (more cooperation=less bullying)
2
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, T or F: almost all psychologists agree that intelligence involves adaptation
to the environment - ✔✔true
-judging intelligence on adaptation
T or F: there is no connection between IQ and socioeconomic status -
✔✔false
-students with higher ses have more resources
T or F: to be eligible for special education with emotional disturbance, the
student's condition or character must adversely affect their educational
performance - ✔✔true
-it has to have impact on education
T or F: individuals with ADHD have a neurological condition that impairs
self-regulation - ✔✔true
-it is the disorder
what advice would you give a newly hired teacher on effective classroom
management? - ✔✔-setting up expectations
-maintaining rules/work time
-be consistent in rewards/consequences
3
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