"Class
Meetings are most successful in classrooms that have a warm, caring,
supportive environment -- classrooms in which students feel comfortable
to learn, feel safe to share their ideas, and feel free to ask questions
and take risks," explains Styles. "Students in those kinds of classrooms
are supportive of one another, work together cooperatively, encourage
one another, assume responsibility for their own learning and behavior,
and are allowed to make decisions."