50 Ways to Improve Student Behavior : Simple Solutions to Complex Challenges

by Breaux, Annette L.

• ISBN13: 9781596671324
• ISBN10: 1596671327
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-13
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This Book is a Must-Read reference for teachers, both new and experienced. Annette Breaux and Todd Whitaker, two of the field's most highly respected authors and presenters, share 50 simple, straightforward techniques for improving student behavior. Each practical, well-defined strategy can be in classrooms of all grade-levels and subjects. This book will help you increase student cooperation, participation, and achievement. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Meet the Authors	p. iv
What This Book Will Do for You	p. vi
Preface	p. xi
Meet and Greet	p. 1
A Letter of Introduction	p. 4
Tools for Rules and Procedures	p. 7
Are You All Right?	p. 11
Stay Near, Dear	p. 14
Believe in Them!	p. 16
Meting Out the Seating	p. 19
Happy Notes to Parents	p. 22
Their Own Notes to Parents	p. 24
Make Them Responsible	p. 27
Stress Success, Not Duress	p. 29
Enthusiasm Breeds Enthusiasm	p. 32
Pry for Why	p. 34
A Laugh is Half	p. 36
Student or Teaching Problem?	p. 39
Learn What to Overlook	p. 43
If You Sweat, They Win	p. 45
Defuse the Bully	p. 48
Hold Private Practice Sessions	p. 51
Speak Awfully Softly	p. 53
Teaching in Small Bites Makes Them Hungrier	p. 56
Saving ôGotchaö for Behaving	p. 59
Find the Gleaming and Redeeming	p. 62
Join the Ranks of Thanks	p. 64
Humiliation Breeds Retaliation	p. 67
Beware the 90/10 Rule	p. 70
We Care About Those Who Care About Us	p. 73
As Nice, Polite, and Motivated as YOU?	p. 75
Unmask the Mask	p. 77
Don't Let the Mood Brood	p. 79
Who's the Most Positive?	p. 81
Become Interested in Their Interests	p. 83
A Favor as a Lifesaver	p. 86
Admit Your Mistakes	p. 89
Seeing Eye to Eye	p. 91
Bell-to-Bell Teaching	p. 93
Smile, Smile, Smile!	p. 96
Teaching with Urgency	p. 98
Make it Doable and Chewable	p. 100
Brag About Them to Others	p. 102
The Diversion Excursion	p. 104
Change the Way They Think	p. 106
Nip It in the Bud	p. 108
Discover the Beams of Their Dreams	p. 110
Work that Body Language!	p. 112
No Rest for the Weary	p. 115
A Little Guilt Trip Goes a Long Way	p. 117
Teach Them to Cope or They'll Create a Way!	p. 120
Listen, Listen, Listen!	p. 123
Only a Fool Loses His Cool	p. 126
Conclusion	p. 129
An Invitation for Your Comments	p. 130
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