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| An Introduction to Classroom Management and Discipline | |
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| Strategies for Setting Up and Environment that Supports Engagement in Active Learning | |
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| Arranging furniture to encourage collaboration | |
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| Accessible resources and materials | |
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| Providing time to work, explore, interact | |
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| Setting up the structure for in-depth studies and ongoing research | |
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| Providing opportunitiesfor pursuing personal interests | |
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| Strategies for Establishing a Classroom Management System Built on Mutual Respect and Caring | |
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| Modeling and building mutual respect | |
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| Establishing routines and transitions | |
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| Individual conferences and goal setting | |
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| Using contracts to build intrinsic motivation | |
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| Implementing class meetings | |
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| Strategies for Building Responsibility for Their Own Actions and Words in the Members of the Learning Community | |
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| Using words positively | |
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| Avoiding power struggles in the classroom | |
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| Empowering students to resolve conflicts | |
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| Eliminating bullying in schools | |
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| Troubleshooting problem areas: Identifying and responding to student needs | |
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| When and how to ask for help with difficult students | |
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| Strategies for Integrating Active Learning Experiences, Authentic Practice and Assessment | |
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| Relating new skills to prior experiences | |
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| Using the learning cycle to enhance academic success | |
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| Building resources for using manipulative, realia, and visuals | |
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| Using simulations in the classroom | |
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| Documenting learning | |
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| Establishing and maintaining reading and writing workshops | |
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| MI Centers | |
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| Designing effective homework assignments | |
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| Making connections to the arts | |
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| Using technology to support learning | |
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| Strategies for Building Community Through Collaboration | |
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| Teaching classroom behaviors and routines that encourage collaboration | |
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| Training students to recognize and respond to the needs of the group | |
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| Establishing the rules and expectations for cooperative groupwork | |
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| Insuring that all students are active participants in cooperative activities | |
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| Intervening to support total participation by all members of the groups | |
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| Strategies for Building a Support System: Celebrations and Parent Involvement | |
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| Scheduling celebrations during the day | |
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| Using space in the room to celebrate learning | |
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| Setting up web pages, newsletters, and newspapers to document and celebrate learning | |
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| Involving parents in their child's education | |
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| Establishing Schoolwide Collaboration Structures | |
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| Teacher Resources | |