Comprehensive Classroom Management: Creating Communities of Support and Solving Problems

“I love this book and I love teaching my classroom management course using this book! It is clear, straightforward, and grounded in solid research. It is very comprehensive, yet at the same time, easy to read.”

Comprehensive Classroom Management presents practical methods for creating a positive learning environment, working with behavioral problems, and dealing with a range of challenges in the K—12 classroom. This text uses real-life examples to help both pre- and in-service teachers understand and apply the principles of classroom management in their own classroom situations. The text uses numerous case studies, examples, and descriptions of specific strategies based on current research and classroom experience. The authors focus on creating positive learning environments for students, and provide extensive, practical materials on both problem solving and building individual behavior change plans for students with behavioral problems.

New to This Edition

• Extensive new material in the areas of working with culturally diverse student groups, special education, and teacher—student relationships
• New research and numerous new examples that keep the text current.
• Complete Instructor's Manual on CD-ROM with sample test items, activities, reproducible forms, and links to useful websites makes course preparation far easier
• Classroom vignettes video, free to adopters, that illustrates management issues in short clips

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Application boxes, graphic organizers, and Internet references are new to this seventh edition of a text for pre- and in-service teachers. The text features numerous real-life examples of classroom management principles for use in kindergarten through 12th grade. Focus is on creating positive learning environments, problem solving, and building individual behavior change plans. Vern Jones is professor of teacher education at Lewis & Clark College. Louise Jones teaches grade school. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

“I love this book and I love teaching my classroom management course using this book! It is clear, straightforward, and grounded in solid research. It is very comprehensive, yet at the same time, easy to read.”

Comprehensive Classroom Management presents practical methods for creating a positive learning environment, working with behavioral problems, and dealing with a range of challenges in the K—12 classroom. This text uses real-life examples to help both pre- and in-service teachers understand and apply the principles of classroom management in their own classroom situations. The text uses numerous case studies, examples, and descriptions of specific strategies based on current research and classroom experience. The authors focus on creating positive learning environments for students, and provide extensive, practical materials on both problem solving and building individual behavior change plans for students with behavioral problems.

New to This Edition

• Extensive new material in the areas of working with culturally diverse student groups, special education, and teacher—student relationships
• New research and numerous new examples that keep the text current.
• Complete Instructor's Manual on CD-ROM with sample test items, activities, reproducible forms, and links to useful websites makes course preparation far easier
• Classroom vignettes video, free to adopters, that illustrates management issues in short clips

Package this text with [Insert MyLabSchool Logo] –a powerful set of online tools that bring the classroom to life!

Visit www.mylabschool.com for more information!

Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-439) and indexes.