World-class archer Kristin Braun practices six hours a day trying to do the impossible.
Standing 230 feet from her target, she takes a deep breath and, while simultaneously lifting her bow into place, draws a steel-tipped carbon arrow.
She peers over her left hand, taking aim by lining up the target’s bulls eye with the tiny pin [...]
Most teachers talk to difficult students—those with a proclivity for misbehavior—way too often. If you’re spending more time on these students than others, it’s a sign you’re not curbing their behavior.
It’s also not fair to the rest of your class.
There is a correlation between the amount of time spent on difficult students and a worsening [...]
If you’re looking for elaborate or decorative classroom management ideas, you won’t find them here.
Though prevalent, such ideas are unnecessary, even counterproductive, for classroom management.
On this site, we’re focused on only two things:
1. What works best.
2. What is simplest for you.
The goal of classroom management is to eliminate distractions, disruptions, and poor behavior, [...]
The sight of a teacher lecturing an individual student is commonplace on school campuses. This classroom management method seems to be preferred by a majority of teachers, but is it effective? Does it work to curb unwanted behavior?
Another common sight on campus is the stressed-out teacher. They’re easy to spot: furrowed brow, tight smile, and [...]
I received an email yesterday from a teacher who wondered how I would have handled a couple of her most challenging students. It seems that these two students have caused her nonstop headaches throughout the school year, and she was relieved her summer vacation was beginning in a few days.
She mentioned in her email that [...]
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