CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: strategies
for effective learning environments;
preventing and responding to
misbehavior also, using class time well,
creating an atmosphere conducive to
interest and inquiry, and permitting
activities that engage students’ minds
and imaginations
DISCIPLINE: methods used to
prevent behavior problems or
to respond to existing
behavior problems to reduce
their occurrence in the future
WHAT ARE SOME STRATEGIES FOR
MANAGING FOR ROUTINE MISBEHAVIOR
PRINCIPLE OF LEAST
INTERVENTION: 7 STEP RULE
PREVENTION
NONVERBAL CUES
PRAISE FOR CORRECT BEHAVIOR
PRAISE FOR OTHERS
VERBAL REMINDERS
REPEATED REMINDERS
CONSEQUENCES
WHAT PRACTICES CONTRIBUTE EFFECTIVE
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT?
STARTING THE YEAR
RIGHT WITH
EFFECTIVE
MANAGERS
SETTING CLASSROOM RULES
WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF TIME ON
LEARNING?
Available instructional time is called
ALLOCATED TIME , the time during which
students have an opportunity to learn
PREVENTING LOST TIME
PREVENTING LATE
STARTS & EARLY
FINISHERS
PREVENTING
INTERRPUTIONS
HANDLING
ROUTINE
PROCEDURES
MAINTAINING
RAPID PACE
MINIMIZE TIME
SPENT ON
DISCIPLINE
USE ENGAGED TIME
EFFECCTIVELY
ENGAGED LESSONS
MANAGED
TRANSITIONS
MANAGING GROUP FOCUS DURING LESSONS/SEATWORK
OVERLAPPING: ability
to attend to
interruptions/behavior
problems while
continuing a lesson or
activity
OVERDOING TIME ON
TASK: increasing time on
task in classrooms
where students were
already reasonably well
behaved did not increase
student achievement
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT-STUDENT
CENTERED
HOW IS APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
USED TO MANAGE MORE SERIOUS
BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS?
TEACHER'S
ATTENTION
PEER ATTENTION
RELEASE FROM
UNPLEASANT
STATES/ACTIVITIES
PRINCIPLES
IDENTIFY BEHAVIOR
& REINFORCERS
BASELINE
REINFORCER/CRITERA FOR REINFORCER
PUNISHER/CRITERIA
FOR PUNISHMENT
OBSERVE/COMPARE
TO BASELINE
REDUCE
FREQUENCY IF
PROGRAM
WORKING
ETHICS OF BEHAVIORAL METHODS
Should be instituted
only when it is clear
that preventive or
informal methods of
improving classroom
management are not
enough to create a
positive environment for
learning.