Document: View the text of a “Contract on Classroom Behavior” that three professors at Western Illinois University ask their students to sign on the first day of ...

As diverting as it is to speculate on whether Hollywood will go for Hillary or Obama, the Los Angeles Unified School Board races on March 6 have the potential to more directly affect Angelenos, from ...

Picture this: A principal peers through the band room window. The band director is not at the podium conducting but silently writing in a chair in the corner. The students talk to each other for ...

It might be every professor’s worst nightmare: losing control of a class with no hope of getting it back on track. That appears to be what happened this semester at Texas A&M University at Galveston, ...

This past spring semester I decided to shake things up a bit in one of my courses by tossing some of my routine (and control over the course), right out of the window. I have always advocated for ...

One of the leading causes of students disengaging, withdrawing, or getting angry is teachers trying to control them. I know this from my days as a control freak new teacher, and I’ve worked with many ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study sought to identify dimensions of classroom control derived from factor analysis of selected classroom process variables, to ...

I have spent several days this week visiting elementary schools with my therapy dog. Reading with the kids has been a great pleasure, and hearing their pet stories and sharing their worries has been ...

Digital devices now shape daily instruction in K–12 classrooms. Laptops, tablets, and phones support research, collaboration ...