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Take the Manage Out of Classroom Management

Catlin Tucker

When I lead blended learning workshops or coach teachers implementing blended learning, I get a lot of questions about classroom management. ” On some primal level, I know that I don’t like to be managed myself. These extrinsic motivators do not inspire deep learning and function to harm intrinsic motivation.

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Are Students Off-Task in Class on Phones? There's an App for That!

A Principal's Reflections

Up until recently, there have been two main deterrents: Well-designed lessons combined with sound classroom management A school culture that empowers kids to use their devices responsibly Now the above strategies might still work well, but in my experience working in schools as a job-embedded coach, I have seen more and more students off-task.

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OPINION: It is time to pay attention to the science of learning

The Hechinger Report

Instead, we were taught how to structure a lesson and given tips on classroom management. Sixteen years later, we have no one to blame but ourselves for these ideas not taking hold in every classroom. The 2014 bestseller “Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning,” by Peter C. Scientists are trying.

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Reviving a successful math strategy for the early grades

The Hechinger Report

A small group of teachers in Milwaukee are trying to return to math strategies the district used from 2004-2014. ” But they’re starting to rethink their identities with these trainings and learning how to leverage their own expertises in child development and classroom management to engage with the youngest learners.

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Teachers often ask youngsters to learn in ways that exceed even adult-sized attention spans

The Hechinger Report

A large-scale study of more than 50 elementary school classrooms found that decorations, such as these in a 2014 kindergarten room, are a frequent source of distraction and off-task student behavior. A common source of distraction was classroom decor. Photo: Julienne Schaer/The Hechinger Report).

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Social-emotional Learning Part II: Self-management

Catlin Tucker

Classroom managment (Claro & Loeb, 2019; Duckworth & Carlson, 2013; Jones & Jacob, 2014). 5 Strategies Designed to Help Students Develop Self-management. Self-efficacy, or confidence in one’s ability to complete work or navigate complex tasks.

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Why is it so hard to stop suspending kindergarteners?

The Hechinger Report

In 2014, the U.S. Research shows that when young children, many of whom are still learning classroom coping skills, are pushed out of school early and repeatedly, the impact can be irreversibly damaging. In 2014, the U.S. “Sometimes this comes down to more effective classroom management,” he said.