When my high school music appreciation class entered the room they were a talkative bunch. They were energetic and wanted to share with their peers anything and everything that had happened during the prior six periods of the day. Once the bell rang and we started exploring content, there was hear-the-chirping-cricket-in-the-corner silence. I felt I … Continue reading Encouraging Student Participation in Classroom Discussion
Robert Marzano and his team have undertaken meta-analysis related to effective classroom management techniques and have reported the findings in the book Classroom Management That Works. The statistical measure they use in reporting is the effect size, which reports change via standard deviation. When looking for high yield techniques related to classroom management, the effect … Continue reading High Yield Classroom Management Strategy: Rules and Procedures
In the book Learning and Leading With Habits of Mind: 16 Characteristics for Success, author, researcher, and educator A. L. Costa, identified and addressed a rather substantial list of habits beneficial for students, teachers, and schools. Managing impulses is one of the characteristics. Students must learn to manage their impulses if they are going to … Continue reading Helping Students Manage Impulses in the Classroom
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