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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 | |