Chapter 13 Managing Learning Environments Flashcards
Techniques used to maintain a healthy learning environment, relatively free of behavior problems
Classroom Management
The formal and informal rules for how to take part in a given activiy
Participation Structures
Time spent actively engaged in the learning task at hand. Also referred to as time on a task
Engaged Time
Time spent actively engage in the learning task at hand. Also referred to as engaged time
Time on Task
Time when students are actually succeeding at the learning task
Academic learning time
Management of your own behavior and acceptance of responsibility for your own actions. Also the use of behavioral learning principles to change your own behavior
Self-management
Procedures/routines
Prescribed steps for an activity
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
According to Kounin, awareness of everything happening in a classroom
Withitness
Overlapping
Supervising several activities at once
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
Policy whereby listeners must accurately summarize what a speaker has said before being allowed to respond
Paraphrase rule
Hearing the intent and emotions behind what another says and reflecting them back by paraphrasing
Empathetic listening
