This popular case-based text applies behavior management principles to classroom teaching, with an emphasis on analyzing behavior management as an instructional problem. "Managing Classroom Behavior" summarizes principles of good instruction, the acting-out cycle, and how to work with students, other teachers, and parents. Behavioral principles and practices are based on empirical research and illustrated with numerous examples. This text gives students practice in applying these principles through analysis of actual case studies through self-questioning and reflection. Topics include identifying and analyzing behavior problems, basic behavior change strategies, talking with students, using the peer group, and working with other educators and parents. This text is appropriate for both general and special educators in training or in service.
Highlights of the Fourth Edition: A new opening chapter about how to analyze cases parallels a rewritten Instructor's Manual containing case analyses. New chapters on working with other educators (Ch. 7) and working with parents and families (Ch. 8). Several new cases included for more comprehensive study. New and improved Instructor's Manual includes suggested links between chapters in Part I to specific cases in order to help students apply their learning. Other Titles of Interest:
Classroom Management for Middle and High School Teachers, 7/e by Edmund T. Emmer, Carolyn M. Everston, and Murray E. Worsham (ISBN: 0205455344)
Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers, 7/e by Carolyn M. Everston, Edmund T. Emmer, and Murray E. Worsham (ISBN: 0205455336)
Developing Self-Discipline and Preventing and Correcting Misbehavior by George G. Bear (ISBN: 0205293530)
Authentic Classroom Management: Creating a Learning Community and Building Reflective Practice, 2/e by Barbara Larrivee (ISBN: 0205380883)
