Classroom a room in a school where lessons take place. It is a community of learners where formal interaction takes place between the teacher and the taught.
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The classroom should be arranged to promote efficient learning and minimize behavior problems. ((http://para.unl.edu)
According to Vygotsky, until children learn to use mental tools, their learning is largely controlled by the environment.
Recognizing that learning hinges on student experiences both within and outside the classroom, educators need to commit to build a campus community that maximizes student learning. (Boyer, 1987; Chickering & Gamson, 1987;
Gabelnick, MacGregor,Matthews, & Smith, 1990; Study Group on the Conditions of Excellence inAmerican Higher Education,
1984; Watson & Stage, 1999).
Classroom Management
Classroom management refers to the wide variety of skills and techniques that teachers use to keep students organized, orderly, focused, attentive, on task, and academically productive during a class.
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Lee and Marlene Canter (1976) contend that teachers have a basic right to teach and students have the right to learn in a welldisciplined classroom.
Classroom Management
Kohn (1999) and Cameron and
Sheppard (2006) believe that effective classroom management is crucial to teaching, learning, and student achievement. Boynton and Boynton (2005) believe that ineffective classroom management skills can waste instructional time, reduce time-ontask, and interrupt learning environments. Many teachers are entering classrooms without in-depth content knowledge, poor classroom management strategies, negative attitudes, and minimal skills to thwart disruptive behavior that impedes learning and minimizes student achievement (Cameron & Sheppard,
2006; Boynton & Boynton, 2005;
Mahon, 2006).
Classrooms with frequent disruptive behaviors have less academic engaged time, and the students in disruptive classrooms tend to have
lower