Web-based Resources for English Language Teaching & Learning
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
Leslie Opp-Beckman, University of Oregon
Email: leslieob@uoregon.edu
Articles
Education World, Curriculum Articles:
A) Creating a Climate for Learning, Effective Classroom Management Techniques
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr155.shtml
According to Fred Jones' Positive Classroom Discipline, "The most widespread management technique at home and in the classroom is nag, nag, nag." It's also probably the least effective. How can you avoid making that technique your own and create a "climate for learning"? This week, Education World looks to the experts for answers.
B) Classroom Management: Ten Teacher-Tested Tips!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr261.shtml
Hallway conferences. Pasta discipline. Buddy rooms. Bell work. Those and six other ideas for taming temper tantrums are the focus of this Education World story.
How Do Classroom Management Techniques Change in the Computer Classroom
http://writing.colostate.edu/references/teaching/pcteacher/pop6d.cfm
"Because the computer classroom might remind some students of drop-in computer labs, we always warn teachers that explicit ground rules about attendance will get the class off to a smoother start." Read about these and other suggested tips for computer class management.
Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips and Interactive Web Sites
Classroom Management, Classroom Set-Up Grades 3-12, from Rhonda Bjelland
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/ClassroomManagement.html
Classroom Management Index, Simple Ways to Help Children with "Special Needs," from Opal Harris
http://www.adda-sr.org/ClassroommanagementIndex.htm
Classroom Management Techniques, from Jane Scaplen
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~jscaplen/integration/english/prep2.html
Delivering on Technologys Promise, Classroom Management Techniques
http://www.wested.org/techplan/tk_cms.html
ESL Cafés Idea Cookbook, Group Formation
http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi?Group:Formation:
Peace Education International, Anger Management and Conflict Resolution Techniques
http://www.peaceeducationintl.com/
Pro-Teacher, Behavior Management and Positive Discipline Plans and Strategies
http://www.proteacher.com/030001.shtml
Roll with the Punches, from Lawrence Klepinger
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Klepinger-RollCall.html
Ideas for variety in calling roll (taking attendance) every day.
Directories
Education World, Classroom Management
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/archives/classmanagement.shtml
Managing a Technology Classroom
http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/one_computer.htm
The Internet and Your Classroom
http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/classes/net2/lesson5.html
The Really Big List of Class Management Resources
http://drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/classm.html
The Teachers Guide, Classroom Management
http://www.theteachersguide.com/ClassManagement.htm