Preface | |
Organizing Your Classroom and Materials | |
Five Keys to Good Room Arrangement | |
Suggestions for Arranging Your Classroom | |
If You Have to "Float" | |
Further Reading | |
Suggested Activities | |
Checklist 1: Room Preparation | |
Choosing Rules and Procedures | |
Why Rules and Procedures Are Needed | |
General Procedures | |
Procedures During Seatwork and Teacher-Led Instruction | |
Procedures For Student Group Work | |
Miscellaneous Procedures | |
Further Reading | |
Suggested Activities | |
Case Study 2.1: Classroom Rules and Procedures in an Eighth-Grade Class | |
Case Study 2.2: Procedures for Small-Group Work/Laboratory Activities | |
Checklist 2: Rules and Procedures | |
Managing Student Work | |
Your Grading System and Record Keeping | |
Feedback and Monitoring Procedures | |
Communicating Assignments and Work Requirements | |
Further Reading | |
Suggested Activities | |
Case Study 3.1: An Accountability System in an English Class | |
Case Study 3.2: Managing Student Work in a Math Class | |
Case Study 3.3: Managing Long-Term Assignments | |
Case Study 3.4: Poor Work and Study Habits in Mathematics | |
Checklist 3: Procedures for Managing Student Work | |
Getting Off to a Good Start | |
Perspectives on the Beginning of the Year | |
Planning for a Good Beginning | |
Activities on the First Day of Classes | |
The Second Day of Classes | |
After the Second Day | |
Further Reading | |
Suggested Activities | |
Case Study 4.1: Beginning the Year in a First-Year Algebra Class Using Cooperative Learning Groups | |
Case Study 4.2: Beginning the Year in a High School Biology Class | |
Case Study 4.3: Conduct Problems in a History Class | |
Checklist 4: Preparation for the Beginning of School | |
Planning and Conducting Instruction | |
Planning Classroom Activities | |
Organization Activities | |
Kounin's Concepts for Managing Group Instruction | |
Transition Management | |
Instructional Management | |
Further Reading | |
Suggested Activities | |
Case Study 5.1: Over and Over | |
Case Study 5.2: Transition Problems | |
Case Study 5.3: Problems with Small-Group and Discussion Activities | |
Case Study 5.4: Kounin Concepts | |
Case Study 5.5: A Science Lesson | |
Checklist 5: Planning for Instruction | |
Managing Cooperative Learning Groups | |
Research on Cooperative Learning | |
Strategies and Routines That Support Cooperative Learning | |
Monitoring Student Work and Behavior | |
Interventions for Groups | |
Effective Group Work Skills | |
Beginning the Use of Cooperative Learning Groups | |
Further Reading | |
Suggested Activities | |
Checklist 6: Planning for Cooperative Group Instruction | |
Maintaining Appropriate Student Behavior | |
Monitoring Student Behavior | |
Consistency | |
Prompt Management of Inappropriate Behavior | |
Building a Positive Climate | |
Improving Class Climate through Incentives or Rewards | |
Further Reading | |
Suggested Activities | |
Case Study 7.1: Examples of Incentives and Rewards | |
Communication Skills for Teaching | |
Constructive Assertiveness | |
Empathetic Responding | |
Problem Solving | |
Talking with Parents | |
Further Reading | |
Suggested Activities | |
Assertiveness Assessment Scales | |
Case Study 8.1: Three Dialogues | |
Managing Problem Behaviors | |
What Is Problem Behavior | |
Goals for Managing Problem Behavior | |
Management Strategies | |
Special Problems | |
Further Reading | |
Suggested Activities | |
Managing Special Groups | |
Teaching Heterogeneous Classes | |
Teaching Remedial Classes | |
Students with Special | |
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