Classroom Management for Middle and High School Teachers

by Emmer, Edmund T.; Evertson, Carolyn M.; Worsham, Murray E.

• ISBN13: 9780205455348
• ISBN10: 0205455344
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

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Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Organizing Your Classroom and Materials	1	(16)
Five Keys to Good Room Arrangement	2	(2)
Suggestions for Arranging Your Classroom	4	(7)
Bulletin Boards and Walls	4	(1)
Floor Space	5	(4)
Storage Space and Supplies	9	(2)
If You Have to ``Float''	11	(1)
Further Reading	12	(1)
Suggested Activities	13	(2)
Checklist 1: Room Preparation	15	(2)
Choosing Rules and Procedures	17	(24)
Why Rules and Procedures Are Needed	18	(7)
Definitions	19	(1)
Identifying School Rules and Procedures	20	(1)
Planning Your Classroom Rules	21	(2)
Student Participation in Rule Setting	23	(1)
Consequences for Rule Violations	24	(1)
Planning Classroom Procedures	25	(1)
General Procedures	25	(4)
Beginning-of-Period Procedures	25	(2)
Use of Materials and Equipment	27	(1)
Ending the Period	28	(1)
Procedures during Seatwork and Teacher-Led Instruction	29	(3)
Student Attention during Presentations	29	(1)
Student Participation	30	(1)
Procedures for Seatwork	30	(2)
Procedures for Student Group Work	32	(2)
Use of Materials and Supplies	32	(1)
Assignment of Students to Groups	33	(1)
Student Goals and Participation	33	(1)
Cooperative Learning	33	(1)
Miscellaneous Procedures	34	(1)
Signals	34	(1)
Public Address (PA) Announcements and Other Interruptions	34	(1)
Special Equipment and Materials	35	(1)
Fire and Disaster Drills	35	(1)
Split Lunch Period	35	(1)
Further Reading	35	(1)
Suggested Activities	36	(1)
Case Study 2.1: Rules and Procedures in an Eighth-Grade Class	36	(2)
Case Study 2.2: Procedures for Small-Group Work/Laboratory Activities	38	(1)
Checklist 2: Rules and Procedures	39	(2)
Managing Student Work	41	(16)
Your Grading System and Record Keeping	43	(3)
Feedback and Monitoring Procedures	46	(2)
Monitoring Student Work in Progress	47	(1)
Long-Range Monitoring	48	(1)
Communicating Assignments and Work Requirements	48	(3)
Instructions for Assignments	48	(1)
Standards for Form, Neatness, and Due Dates	49	(1)
Procedures for Absent Students	50	(1)
Further Reading	51	(1)
Suggested Activities	51	(1)
Case Study 3.1: An Accountability System in an English Class	52	(1)
Case Study 3.2: Managing Student Work in a Math Class	52	(1)
Case Study 3.3: Managing Long-Term Assignments	53	(1)
Case Study 3.4: Poor Work and Study Habits in Mathematics	54	(1)
Checklist 3: Accountability Procedures	55	(2)
Getting Off to a Good Start	57	(30)
Perspectives on the Beginning of the Year	58	(1)
Planning for a Good Beginning	59	(5)
Procedures for Obtaining Books and Checking Them Out to Students	60	(1)
Required Paperwork	61	(1)
Class Rosters	61	(1)
Seating Assignments	61	(1)
First-Week Bell Schedule	62	(1)
Tardiness during the First Days of Classes	62	(1)
Administrative Tasks	62	(1)
Rules	62	(1)
Course Requirements	63	(1)
A Beginning-of-Class Routine	63	(1)
Time Fillers	63	(1)
Activities on the First Day of Classes	64	(4)
Before Class Begins	64	(1)
Administrative Tasks	65	(1)
Introductions	65	(1)
Discussion of Class Rules	65	(1)
Presentation of Course Requirements	66	(1)
An Initial Content Activity	67	(1)
Ending the Period	68	(1)
The Second Day of Classes	68	(1)
After the Second Day	69	(1)
Further Reading	69	(1)
Suggested Activities	70	(1)
Case Study 4.1: Beginning the Year in a First-Year Algebra Class Using Cooperative Learning Groups	71	(4)
Case Study 4.2: Beginning the Year in a High School Biology Class	75	(3)
Case Study 4.3: Beginning the Year in a High School English Class Using Mastery Learning	78	(5)
Case Study 4.4: Conduct Problems in a History Class	83	(1)
Checklist 4: Preparation for the Beginning of School	84	(3)
Planning and Conducting Instruction	87	(24)
Planning Classroom Activities	88	(5)
Types of Activities	89	(4)
Organizing Activities	93	(1)
Kounin's Concepts for Managing Group Instruction	94	(6)
Preventing Misbehavior	95	(2)
Managing Movement	97	(1)
Maintaining Group Focus	98	(2)
Transition Management	100	(1)
Instructional Management	101	(2)
Planning	101	(1)
Presenting New Content Clearly	102	(1)
Checking for Understanding	102	(1)
Further Reading	103	(1)
Suggested Activities	104	(1)
Case Study 5.1: Over and Over	105	(1)
Case Study 5.2: Transition Problems	105	(1)
Case Study 5.3: A Change in Plans	105	(1)
Case Study 5.4: Kounin Concepts	106	(1)
Case Study 5.5: A Science Lesson	106	(2)
Checklist 5: Planning for Instruction	108	(3)
Managing Cooperative Learning Groups	111	(20)
Research on Cooperative Learning	113	(2)
Strategies and Routines That Support Cooperative Learning	115	(3)
Room Arrangement	115	(1)
Talk and Movement Procedures	115	(1)
Group Attention Signals	116	(1)
Promoting Interdependence within the Group	117	(1)
Individual Accountability	117	(1)
Monitoring Student Work and Behavior	118	(2)
Interventions for Groups	120	(1)
Effective Group-Work Skills	120	(2)
Social Skills	120	(1)
Explaining Skills	121	(1)
Leadership Skills	122	(1)
Beginning the Use of Cooperative Learning Groups	122	(5)
Room Arrangement	123	(1)
Procedures and Routines	123	(1)
Forming Groups	123	(1)
Initial Group Tasks	124	(1)
Teaching Group Skills	125	(1)
Using Group and Individual Rewards	126	(1)
Further Reading	127	(1)
Suggested Activities	128	(1)
Checklist 6: Planning for Cooperative Group Instruction	129	(2)
Maintaining Appropriate Student Behavior	131	(16)
Monitoring Student Behavior	132	(2)
Consistency	134	(1)
Prompt Management of Inappropriate Behavior	135	(1)
Four Simple Ways to Manage Inappropriate Behavior	135	(1)
Building a Positive Climate	136	(2)
Improving Class Climate through Incentives or Rewards	138	(5)
Grades and Other Symbols	139	(1)
Recognition	139	(1)
Activities as Rewards	140	(1)
Material Incentives	141	(1)
Caution in the Use of Rewards	141	(2)
Further Reading	143	(1)
Suggested Activities	144	(1)
Case Study 7.1: Examples of Incentives and Rewards	144	(3)
Communication Skills for Teaching	147	(22)
Constructive Assertiveness	150	(2)
Empathic Responding	152	(4)
Problem Solving	156	(3)
A Note on Parent Conferences	159	(1)
Further Reading	160	(1)
Suggested Activities	160	(2)
Activity 8.1: Developing Assertiveness Skills	160	(2)
Assertiveness Assessment Scales	162	(3)
Activity 8.2: Recognizing Listening Responses	162	(1)
Activity 8.3: Practicing Empathic Responses	163	(1)
Activity 8.4: Problem-Solving Exercises	164	(1)
Case Study 8.1: Three Dialogues	165	(4)
Managing Problem Behaviors	169	(26)
What Is Problem Behavior?	171	(1)
Nonproblem	171	(1)
Minor Problem	171	(1)
Major Problem, but Limited in Scope and Effects	171	(1)
Escalating or Spreading Problem	171	(1)
Goals for Managing Problem Behavior	172	(1)
Management Strategies	172	(15)
Minor Interventions	174	(2)
Moderate Interventions	176	(3)
More Extensive Interventions	179	(8)
Special Problems	187	(4)
Rudeness toward the Teacher	187	(1)
Chronic Avoidance of Work	188	(1)
Fighting	189	(1)
Other Aggressive Behavior	189	(1)
Bullying	190	(1)
Defiance or Hostility toward the Teacher	190	(1)
A Final Reminder: Think and Act Positively	191	(1)
Further Reading	191	(1)
Suggested Activities	192	(3)
Managing Special Groups	195	(30)
Teaching Heterogeneous Classes	196	(8)
Assessing Entering Achievement	197	(1)
Modifying Whole-Group Instruction	198	(2)
Cooperative Work Groups	200	(1)
Small-Group Instruction	200	(2)
Mastery Learning	202	(2)
Teaching Remedial Classes	204	(5)
Learner Characteristics	204	(1)
Establishing Your Management System	205	(2)
Monitoring Behavior	207	(1)
Managing Student Work	207	(1)
Planning and Presenting Instruction	208	(1)
Students with Special Needs	209	(11)
Content Mastery Classroom (CMC)	209	(1)
Inclusion	210	(1)
Students with Emotional and/or Behavioral Problems	210	(2)
Students with Serious Social Deficits, Often Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome	212	(2)
Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)	214	(1)
Students Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing	215	(1)
Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired	216	(1)
Students Living in Extreme Poverty	217	(1)
Students with Limited English Proficiency	218	(1)
No Child Left Behind	219	(1)
Further Reading	220	(1)
Suggested Activities	221	(1)
Case Study 10.1: Using Small Groups in English	221	(1)
Case Study 10.2: An Inclusion Program in a Middle School	222	(1)
Problem Scenarios	223	(2)
Appendix Answer Keys for Chapter Activities	225	(10)
References	235	(4)
Index	239