Great article on the benefites of rewards. Gave some examples of how benefites work at different levels.

Great articile on positive discipline. Full of practicle uses for praise and several warning on what kind of praise is destructive. Talked about result of research done at Emory University saying that self-esteem does not create students that are happy and more successful.

The article has some clear simple statements about several classroom management problems and solutions. Just clearly put and without a plethora of words, this is a great quick source of ideas.

This is an excellent site that gives some more information on classroom meeting. It is similar to our case study this week. It also talks about using it for any kind of discussion over and about problems.

This ariticle talked more about Thomas Gordon and his theries on the "I Message". It also talked about conflict resolution. I am not to sure I agree with his "Peace Table" , but I thought it was an interesting article about Thomas Gordon.

Several good articles on different kinds of problem behavior and suggestion on how to solve them .

This is a great article about how the way you arrange your room can have an affect on you classroom management. It even give specific seating arrangement. \n

A good explanation of Behavior Intervention Plan and some other ideas about its use.

This article talked about a positive parent-teacher conference. I believe like the article suggest meetings should be done in the beginning before there are any problems. Get the parents on your side in the beginning.

I thought it was interesting to hear that the first six years of teaching will largely determine the nature of a child's attitude towards authority and the educationaly attitude they carrying forward into middle and high school. I totally agreed. Also this article talks about using the firm hand with the teacher who is consistent and with the truly caring attitude. The article also goes on the say that even if teachers do everything right there is still going to be a problem because of the problems that are occurring in our society can not always be solved in the classroom