Chapter 13 Flashcards
Techniques used to maintain a healthy learning environment relatively free of behavior problems
Classroom Management
Rules defining how to participate in different activities
Participation Structures
Time set aside for learning
Allocated Time
Time spent actively engaged in the learning task at hand
Engaged Time
Time when students are actually succeeding at learning the task
Academic Learning Time
Management of your own behavior and acceptance of responsibility for your own actions
Self Management
Prescribed steps for an activity
Routines/Procedures
Statements specifying expected and forbidden behaviors; dos and don’ts
Rules
Instead of punishing, have students redo, repair, or in some way face the consequences that naturally flow from their actions
Natural Logical Consequences
Area of a classroom where the greatest amount of interaction takes place
Action Zone
According to Kounin, awareness of everything happening in a classroom
Witness
Supervising several activities at once
Overlapping
The ability to keep as many students as possible involved in activities
Group Focus
Keeping lessons and the group moving at an appropriate (and flexible) pace, with smooth transitions and variety
Movement Management
Clear, nonaccusatory statement of how something is affecting you
I Messages
