Classroom Management Strategies Gaining and Maintaining Students' Cooperation

by Cangelosi, James S.

• ISBN13: 9781118544228
• ISBN10: 1118544226
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-12-04
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Classroom Management Strategies: Gaining and Maintaining Students' Cooperation contains a wealth of information about classroom management strategies that teachers successfully use to lead students to be on-task and engaged in lessons. The strategies are based on extensive school teaching experiences as well as on the findings of numerous studies in learning theory, social interaction, communication, developmental psychology, multicultural education, behavioristic psychology, motivation, student engagement, and violence prevention.

Author Biography

James Cangelosi is a professor in the Mathematics and Statistics Department at Utah State University.

Table of Contents

Preface

PART I THE RESEARCH-BASED ART OF LEADING STUDENTS TO COOPERATE

CHAPTER 1 The Complex Art of Teaching

CHAPTER 2 Schools of Thought and the Research Bases for Classroom Management Strategies

PART II FOSTERING COOPERATION AND PREVENTING DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS

CHAPTER 3 Establishing a Favorable Climate for Cooperation

CHAPTER 4 Establishing Cooperative Relationships

CHAPTER 5 Standards for Conduct, Routine Procedures, and Safe-School Policies

CHAPTER 6 Working with Individual Differences among Students

PART III MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN LEARNING ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER 7 Conducting and Monitoring Engaging Learning Activities

PART IV CONFRONTING AND SOLVING DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS

CHAPTER 8 Approaching Off-Task Behaviors Systematically

CHAPTER 9 Modifying Off-Task Behavior Patterns

CHAPTER 10 Dealing with Nondisruptive Off-Task Behaviors

CHAPTER 11 Dealing with Disruptive Behaviors

PART V MAKING CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES WORK FOR YOU

CHAPTER 12 Continuing to Build Your Classroom Management Talents

Chapter 12's Goal

References

Index