Preventing and responding to student misbehavior is an integral part of classroom management and one of the most important skills an educator can have. Despite its importance, many educators receive inadequate training in this area. Many leave their pre-service training lacking confidence in addressing behavior and do not receive training once…

The purpose of this study is to determine if teachers perceive evaluation as providing the motivation and feedback to change classroom practices in a context where teacher evaluation carries varied stakes for tenured versus untenured teachers. This mixed methods case study of four high schools in a single district in North Carolina uses survey and…

Positive, proactive classroom management strategies support academic and behavioral student outcomes while fostering positive teacher-student relationships. However, teachers often cite struggles with classroom management and challenging student behavior as key reasons they ultimately leave the field. Additionally, pre-service teachers often fail…

This appendix provides additional characteristics of the studies of "Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT)" that meet What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) single-case design standards, including six studies that contribute to the findings in the "CW-FIT" intervention report and six studies that do not contribute to…

Quasi-experimental teacher effectiveness studies have indicated that properly designed staff development programs can lead to changes in teacher and student behavior and to gains in student achievement. Those studies involved workshop series led by nationally known scholars. Using instructors from varied backgrounds, the current study examined the…

The purpose of this study is twofold: to determine the instructional variables of the inclusive classrooms in Turkey and to investigate to what extent the student behaviors change according to eco-behavioral characteristics of inclusive classrooms. The study group consisted of 44 students between the ages of six and 12 with mild disabilities who…

This chapter is concerned with adapting Motivational Interviewing to an early intervention addressing challenging behavior in classrooms. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a powerful vehicle for increasing motivation and changing behavior in adults, and has been shown to increase participant time in treatment, effort, and adherence to intervention…

In addressing positive general education teaching practices for use with students with or at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), the chapter emphasizes teacher behavior change research that has been informed by applied behavior analytic (ABA) principles. Its central theme is that general education teachers can access research…

School-based consultation typically focuses on individual student problems and on a small number of students rather than on changing the classroom system. The Classroom Check-Up was developed as a classwide consultation model to address the need for classroom-level support while minimizing treatment integrity problems common to school-based…

Close teacher proximity (within three feet) resulted in fewer disruptive responses of a 10 year old, suggesting that proximity control may be a useful part of a management plan for disruptive students. (CL)

A behavior management procedure was successfully employed in a demonstration school for culturally deprived children to increase appropriate behavior in a second-grade classroom of twenty children. (Author/WY)

The role of the school psychologist is conceptualized as demanding general expertise in classroom management, curriculum, and factors affecting the learning of children. The psychologist's client is the classroom teacher, but his success depends on whether or not his consulting efforts with teachers make a difference with children. The author…

Describes a model for effective classroom management consisting of two major parts: teacher behaviors related to rule establishment and teacher behaviors related to rule enforcement. Eight categories of teacher behavior related to rule enforcement are briefly discussed. (BR)

Before behavioral engineering can be used as an approach to solving classroom problems, it is incumbent upon all teachers to challenge its use, to determine its appropriateness in a learning setting, and to assess its potential effects on human dignity and human freedom. (Author/RK)

The Marcus School staff feels that the best approach to discipline is a preventive one--the provision of a variety of educational and environmental alternatives that will interest, challenge, and motivate the pupil. (Author)