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| Preface | |
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| Organizing Your Classroom and Materials | |
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| Five Keys to Good Room Arrangement | |
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| Suggestions for Arranging Your Classroom | |
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| If You Have to "Float" | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Checklist 1: Room Preparation | |
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| Choosing Rules and Procedures | |
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| Why Rules and Procedures Are Needed | |
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| General Procedures | |
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| Procedures During Seatwork and Teacher-Led Instruction | |
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| Procedures For Student Group Work | |
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| Miscellaneous Procedures | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Case Study 2.1: Classroom Rules and Procedures in an Eighth-Grade Class | |
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| Case Study 2.2: Procedures for Small-Group Work/Laboratory Activities | |
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| Checklist 2: Rules and Procedures | |
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| Managing Student Work | |
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| Your Grading System and Record Keeping | |
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| Feedback and Monitoring Procedures | |
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| Communicating Assignments and Work Requirements | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Case Study 3.1: An Accountability System in an English Class | |
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| Case Study 3.2: Managing Student Work in a Math Class | |
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| Case Study 3.3: Managing Long-Term Assignments | |
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| Case Study 3.4: Poor Work and Study Habits in Mathematics | |
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| Checklist 3: Procedures for Managing Student Work | |
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| Getting Off to a Good Start | |
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| Perspectives on the Beginning of the Year | |
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| Planning for a Good Beginning | |
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| Activities on the First Day of Classes | |
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| The Second Day of Classes | |
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| After the Second Day | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Case Study 4.1: Beginning the Year in a First-Year Algebra Class Using Cooperative Learning Groups | |
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| Case Study 4.2: Beginning the Year in a High School Biology Class | |
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| Case Study 4.3: Conduct Problems in a History Class | |
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| Checklist 4: Preparation for the Beginning of School | |
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| Planning and Conducting Instruction | |
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| Planning Classroom Activities | |
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| Organization Activities | |
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| Kounin's Concepts for Managing Group Instruction | |
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| Transition Management | |
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| Instructional Management | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Case Study 5.1: Over and Over | |
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| Case Study 5.2: Transition Problems | |
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| Case Study 5.3: Problems with Small-Group and Discussion Activities | |
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| Case Study 5.4: Kounin Concepts | |
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| Case Study 5.5: A Science Lesson | |
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| Checklist 5: Planning for Instruction | |
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| Managing Cooperative Learning Groups | |
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| Research on Cooperative Learning | |
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| Strategies and Routines That Support Cooperative Learning | |
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| Monitoring Student Work and Behavior | |
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| Interventions for Groups | |
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| Effective Group Work Skills | |
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| Beginning the Use of Cooperative Learning Groups | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Checklist 6: Planning for Cooperative Group Instruction | |
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| Maintaining Appropriate Student Behavior | |
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| Monitoring Student Behavior | |
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| Consistency | |
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| Prompt Management of Inappropriate Behavior | |
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| Building a Positive Climate | |
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| Improving Class Climate through Incentives or Rewards | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Case Study 7.1: Examples of Incentives and Rewards | |
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| Communication Skills for Teaching | |
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| Constructive Assertiveness | |
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| Empathetic Responding | |
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| Problem Solving | |
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| Talking with Parents | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Assertiveness Assessment Scales | |
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| Case Study 8.1: Three Dialogues | |
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| Managing Problem Behaviors | |
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| What Is Problem Behavior | |
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| Goals for Managing Problem Behavior | |
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| Management Strategies | |
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| Special Problems | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Managing Special Groups | |
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| Teaching Heterogeneous Classes | |
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| Teaching Remedial Classes | |
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| Students with Special | |