Classroom management creates a set of expectations used in an organized classroom environment. It includes routines, rules and consequences. Effective classroom management paves the way for me as a teacher to engage my students in learning. Classroom management has an impact of teacher effectiveness on student achievement. Effective teachers can prevent all discipline problems by keeping students interested in learning through the use of exciting classroom materials and activities. Some say the most
Effective Classroom Management According to a survey done in the 2011-2012 school year by the National Center for Education Statistics, only 38% of teachers felt somewhat prepared to handle classroom management and student discipline in their first year of teaching. Turnover rates for new teachers in the United States are between 30 and 50 percent within the first five years according to Cooper and Alvarado (2006) and part of this turnover rate is attributed to non-effective classroom management. What
This study evaluated the effect of teacher feedback, with increased rates of frequency and intensity, on increasing on-task behavior within challenging student groups and classrooms. The most effective form of teacher feedback is behavior specific praise (BSP). BSP not only increases the on-task behaviors of the targeted students but also creates better emotional environments for teacher-student interactions class-wide. Keywords: behavior specific praise, behavior specific praise statements
campaign is to maximize student social and academic learning through improving classroom management (Polorstok, 2006). Improving teachers’ classroom management skills and tools can reduce problemed behavior and improve appropriate student behavior (Edwards, 2009). Through the introduction of a variety of behavior management training and procedures elementary school teachers can provide a more effective education to students. There are many effective classroom management trainings available for
investigates the use of self-management strategy in general education classroom to decrease the disruptive behaviors of students in elementary school that suffer from behavior disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Through this article, it tells of how a multiple-proven design was used to examine the effects of the intervention in both structured and unstructured settings. The result of self-management intervention led to a decrease
The Effects of Self-Management on On-Task Behaviors for Students with Disabilities Incessant disengagement is a prevalent issue for students with disabilities. Students with disabilities are known to have more off-task behaviors and classroom disruptions than their typically developing peers. (Rock, 2005). Low levels of on-task behavior can be a significant problem for teachers and students. Research demonstrates that there is a strong correlation between learning and academic engaged time. “In a
The effects of teacher stress on middle school students behavior and performance. Teaching is a highly stressful occupation, particularly in a middle school environment. Middle school is a difficult level to teach. For students it is a time of adolescents and many changes occur developmentally and socially. The stress level of teachers affects their effectiveness in instruction, teacher student interaction, and classroom management. The articles that will be discussed in this research paper will
concluded that university teacher preparation programs are giving classroom management a low priority (Christofferson & Sullivan, 2015) which often leaves teachers feeling unprepared for the challenges of classroom management. Incidently, some teacher programs devote less than one course in classroom management and lack any type of pedagogical innovation (Eisenman et al, 2015). Actually, many teacher preparation programs view classroom management as a “bag of tricks” instead of a field of inquiry (Akalin
regarding behavior management in the classroom. More specifically, the article focuses on the findings and implications of a rarely discussed behavior known as “teacher retreating.” Teacher retreating is defined as the “behavior that occurs in the classroom when a teacher backs down after one or more students undermine the teacher’s authority by failing to comply” (Ratcliff, Carroll, & Hunt, 2014, p. 170). Furthermore, the research consisted of four independent studies where a total of 91 classrooms from
maintaining civility and classroom management in the classroom. It is important to have both these components within the classroom in order for lessons and lectures to run smoothly. These components have been studied at every level of education from preschool to university. This study will focus on analyzing these variables in the university setting. These variables are especially essential at the university level since professors hold less authoritative power over their adult students. However, is the level