-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 classroom situations. This book uses numerous case studies, examples, and descriptions of specific strategies based on solid research and classroom experience, Comprehensive Classroom Management features classrooms ranging from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The book focuses on creating positive learning environments for students, and provides extensive, practical materials on both problem-solving and building individual behavior change plans for students with behavioral problems.

-I. Foundations of Comprehensive Classroom Management.
1. Classroom Management in Perspective.
2. Understanding Students' Basic Psychological Needs.


II. Creating Positive Interpersonal Relationships in the Classroom.
3. Establishing Positive Teacher-Student Relationships.
4. Creating Positive Peer Relationships.
5. Working with Parents.


III. Increasing Student Motivation and Learning by Implementing Instructional Methods That Meet Students' Academic Needs.
6. Enhancing Students' Motivation to Learn.


IV. Minimizing Disruptive Behavior and Increasing Learning by Effective Classroom Organization and Management.
7. Developing Standards for Classroom Behavior.


V. When Prevention is Not Enough: Methods For Altering Unproductive Student Behavior.
8. Responding to Violations of Rules and Procedures.
9. Using Problem Solving to Resolve Behavior Problems.
10. Developing Individual Behavior Change Plans.

-Vern Jones, (Lewis and Clark College)
Louise Jones, (Lewis and Clark College)

MEMBER LOGIN