Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers

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

• ISBN13: 9780205349951
• ISBN10: 0205349951
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers, Sixth Edition, gives teachers the information and skills they need to establish management systems in today's rich, multicultural classroom, based on the authors' 30 years of research and experience in more than 500 classrooms. This best-selling text helps teachers plan, implement, and develop the most basic classroom management taskto develop a smooth-running classroom that encourages learning. Written for the prospective secondary-level teacher, the text's content is ready to be applied in a classroom setting. The text addresses the planning decisions teachers must make including; arranging the physical space, establishing rules and procedures, planning and conducting instruction, encouraging appropriate behavior, addressing problem behavior, and using good communication skills with particular attention paid to the growth of ethnically diverse classrooms. All examples, checklists, case studies, and group activities are designed for the secondary level.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Organizing Your Classroom and Materials	1	(15)
Five Keys to Good Room Arrangement	2	(1)
Suggestions for Arranging Your Classroom	3	(8)
Bulletin Boards and Walls	3	(1)
Floor Space	4	(5)
Storage Space and Supplies	9	(2)
If You Have to ``Float''	11	(5)
Further Reading	12	(2)
Suggested Activities	14	(1)
Checklist 1: Room Preparation	15	(1)
Choosing Rules and Procedures	16	(24)
Preliminary Considerations	17	(7)
Definition of Terms	18	(1)
Identifying School Rules and Procedures	19	(1)
Planning Your Classroom Rules	20	(2)
Student Participation in Rule Setting	22	(1)
Consequences for Rule Violations	23	(1)
Planning Classroom Procedures	24	(1)
General Procedures	24	(4)
Beginning-of-Period Procedures	24	(2)
Use of Materials and Equipment	26	(1)
Ending the Period	27	(1)
Procedures During Seatwork and Teacher-Led Instruction	28	(2)
Student Attention During Presentations	28	(1)
Student Participation	28	(1)
Procedures for Seatwork	29	(1)
Procedures for Student Group Work	30	(3)
Use of Materials and Supplies	31	(1)
Assignment of Students to Groups	32	(1)
Student Goals and Participation	32	(1)
Cooperative Learning	32	(1)
Miscellaneous Procedures	33	(7)
Signals	33	(1)
Public Address (PA) Announcements and Other Interruptions	33	(1)
Special Equipment and Materials	33	(1)
Fire and Disaster Drills	34	(1)
Split Lunch Period	34	(1)
Further Reading	34	(1)
Suggested Activities	34	(1)
Rules and Procedures in an Eighth-Grade Class	35	(1)
Procedures for Small-Group Work/Laboratory Activities	36	(2)
Rules and Procedures	38	(2)
Managing Student Work	40	(16)
Your Grading System and Record Keeping	42	(3)
Feedback and Monitoring Procedures	45	(2)
Monitoring Student Work in Progress	46	(1)
Long-Range Monitoring	47	(1)
Communicating Assignments and Work Requirements	47	(9)
Instructions for Assignments	47	(1)
Standards for Form, Neatness, and Due Dates	48	(1)
Procedures for Absent Students	49	(1)
Further Reading	49	(1)
Suggested Activities	50	(1)
An Accountability System in an English Class	50	(1)
Managing Student Work in a Math Class	51	(1)
Managing Long-Term Assignments	52	(1)
Poor Work and Study Habits in Mathematics	53	(1)
Accountability Procedures	54	(2)
Getting Off to a Good Start	56	(31)
Perspectives on the Beginning of the Year	57	(1)
Planning for a Good Beginning	58	(5)
Procedures for Obtaining Books and Checking Them Out to Students	59	(1)
Required Paperwork	60	(1)
Class Rosters	60	(1)
Seating Assignments	60	(1)
First-Week Bell Schedule	61	(1)
Tardiness during the First Days of Classes	61	(1)
Administrative Tasks	61	(1)
Rules	61	(1)
Course Requirements	62	(1)
A Beginning-of-Class Routine	62	(1)
Time Fillers	62	(1)
Activities on the First Day of Classes	63	(4)
Before Class Begins	63	(1)
Administrative Tasks	64	(1)
Introductions	64	(1)
Discussion of Class Rules	64	(1)
Presentation of Course Requirements	65	(1)
An Initial Content Activity	66	(1)
Ending the Period	67	(1)
The Second Day of Classes	67	(1)
After the Second Day	68	(19)
Further Reading	68	(1)
Suggested Activities	69	(1)
Beginning the Year in a First-Year Algebra Class Using Cooperative Learning Groups	70	(5)
Beginning the Year in a High School Biology Class	75	(2)
Beginning the Year in a High School English Class Using Mastery Learning	77	(8)
Conduct Problems in a History Class	85	(1)
Preparation for the Beginning of School	86	(1)
Planning and Conducting Instruction	87	(23)
Planning Classroom Activities	88	(5)
Types of Activities	89	(4)
Organizing Activities	93	(2)
Kounin's Concepts for Managing Group Instruction	95	(5)
Preventing Misbehavior	95	(2)
Managing Movement	97	(1)
Maintaining Group Focus	98	(2)
Transition Management	100	(2)
Instructional Management	102	(8)
Planning	102	(1)
Presenting New Content	102	(1)
Checking for Understanding	103	(1)
Further Reading	104	(1)
Suggested Activities	105	(1)
Ms. Carpenter	105	(1)
Mr. Miller	105	(1)
Ms. Kendall	106	(1)
Kounin Concepts	106	(1)
A Science Lesson	107	(1)
Planning for Instruction	108	(2)
Managing Cooperative Learning Groups	110	(19)
Research on Cooperative Learning	112	(1)
Strategies and Routines That Support Cooperative Learning	113	(4)
Room Arrangement	113	(1)
Talk and Movement Procedures	114	(1)
Group Attention Singnals	115	(1)
Promoting Interdependence within the Group	115	(1)
Individual Accountability	116	(1)
Monitoring Student Work and Behavior	117	(1)
Interventions for Groups	118	(1)
Effective Group-Work Skills	119	(2)
Social Skills	119	(1)
Explaining Skills	120	(1)
Leadership Skills	120	(1)
Beginning the Use of Cooperative Learning Groups	121	(8)
Room Arrangement	122	(1)
Procedures and Routines	122	(1)
Forming Groups	122	(1)
Initial Group Tasks	123	(1)
Teaching Group Skills	124	(1)
Using Group and Individual Rewards	125	(1)
Further Reading	126	(1)
Suggested Activities	127	(1)
Planning for Cooperative Group Instruction	127	(2)
Maintaining Appropriate Student Behavior	129	(16)
Monitoring Student Behavior	130	(2)
Consistency	132	(1)
Prompt Management of Inappropriate Behavior	133	(1)
Four Ways to Manage Inappropriate Behavior	133	(1)
Building a Positive Climate	134	(2)
Improving Class Climate through Incentives or Rewards	136	(9)
Grades and Other Symbols	137	(1)
Recognition	137	(1)
Activities as Rewards	138	(1)
Material Incentives	139	(1)
Caution in the Use of Rewards	139	(2)
Further Reading	141	(1)
Suggested Activities	141	(1)
Examples of Incentives and Rewards	142	(3)
Communication Skills for Teaching	145	(22)
Constructive Assertiveness	147	(3)
Empathic Responding	150	(4)
Problem Solving	154	(3)
A Note on Parent Conferences	157	(10)
Further Reading	158	(1)
Suggested Activities	158	(1)
Developing Assertiveness Skills	158	(2)
Assertiveness Assessment Scales	160	(1)
Recognizing Listening Responses	161	(1)
Practicing Empathic Responses	162	(1)
Problem-Solving Exercises	162	(1)
Three Dialogues	163	(4)
Managing Problem Behaviors	167	(23)
What Is Problem Behavior?	168	(2)
Nonproblem	169	(1)
Minor Problem	169	(1)
Major Problem, but Limited in Scope and Effects	169	(1)
Escalating or Spreading Problem	169	(1)
Goals for Managing Problem Behavior	170	(1)
Management Strategies	170	(14)
Minor Interventions	172	(2)
Moderate Interventions	174	(3)
More Extensive Interventions	177	(7)
Special Problems	184	(6)
Rudeness toward the Teacher	184	(1)
Chronic Avoidance of Work	185	(1)
Fighting	186	(1)
Other Aggressive Behavior	186	(1)
Definance or Hostility toward the Teacher	187	(1)
A Final Reminder: Think and Act Positively	187	(1)
Further Reading	188	(1)
Suggested Activities	189	(1)
Managing Special Groups	190	(30)
Teaching Heterogeneous Classes	191	(7)
Assessing Entering Achievement	191	(1)
Modifying Whole-Group Instruction	192	(2)
Cooperative Work Groups	194	(1)
Small-Group Instruction	195	(2)
Mastery Learning	197	(1)
Teaching Remedial Classes	198	(5)
Learner Characteristics	199	(1)
Establishing Your Management System	200	(1)
Monitoring Behavior	201	(1)
Managing Student Work	202	(1)
Planning and Presenting Instruction	202	(1)
Students with Special Needs	203	(17)
Content Mastery Classroom (CMC)	204	(1)
Inclusion	205	(1)
Students with Emotional and/or Behavioral Problems	205	(2)
Students with Serious Social Deficits, Often Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome	207	(1)
Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)	208	(1)
Students Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing	209	(2)
Students Who Are Visually Impaired or Blind	211	(1)
Students Living in Extreme Poverty	212	(1)
Students with Limited English Proficiency	213	(2)
Further Reading	215	(1)
Suggested Activities	215	(1)
Using Small Groups in English	216	(1)
An Inclusion Program in a Middle School	217	(1)
Problem Scenarios	218	(2)
Appendix: Answer Keys for Chapter Activities	220	(10)
References	230	(5)
Index	235