Sunday, March 09, 2008

Classroom management techniques including non-verbal cues

Teachers use many non-verbal cues as classroom management techniques. Having a noise meter displayed is one way to allow students to know in which voice they can speak during a specific time during the lesson. Below are links to some websites that provide other techniques for classroom management.

National Education Association (NEA)

Management Tips for New Teachers:
http://www.nea.org/classmanagement/begtk030731.html

Classroom Tips for Teachers:
http://www.nea.org/tips/manage/behavior.html

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Creating an atmosphere for learning: http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.5ef449ab9c0f829abae0e510d3108a0c/template.article?articleMgmtId=dfc5016620520010VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD

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