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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Classroom Management
In my class, I used proximal control and it seemed to work for most situations. One student in particular would continue to exhibit attention seeking behaviors, even after responsing to proximal control. I then pulled that student aside for conversation, but ended up having that conversation twice. I then moved to having that student removed from the class. She recently returned and seems to have a changed perception of my expectations for the class. I later remembered that students who are performing those attention seeking behaviors are often bored and it would be useful to give them a place in the class to channel their energy, such as classroom manager.
I noticed the same thing. It looks like my first set of volunteer managers are my high energy students that are easily bored! They are working great as managers too. :0)
ReplyDeleteI had a similar situation with a student that was seeking attention in a negative way. He was my first classroom manager.
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ReplyDeleteSome students are excited to help while others are just waiting to see how everything flows.
ReplyDeleteClassroom management is essential to the sucess of your classroom. When students are actively involved in the process of classroom transactions on a daily basis, they tend to adopt to that behavior and whats expected of them.
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