What Every Teacher Should Know About Classroom Management and Discipline

The powerfully effective method for facilitating positive behavior in the classroom!Brain research and good planning can be combined to prevent and/or minimize discipline problems and off-task behavior in the classroom.

Chapters cover: Moving from old-fashioned obedience models to effective student self-management skills Working with on-task and off-task behaviors: motivation, stress, flow, timing, environment, resources, and more Dealing with difficult students and difficult issues, including power, revenge, anger, and poverty Planning that facilitates positive behavior Using cooperative learning skills Teaching social skills Using strategies for the self-system Focusing on metacognitive skills A model for classroom management Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary Bibliography and index