Gurley - 7th Grade Mathematics Instructional Strategies by Conner Gurley https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn Angelo State University en-us 2018-09-24 00:32:15 UTC 2019-07-06 03:04:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Instructional Strategies cgurley1 https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284825053 1. Praising Other Students
2. Allowing Students to Establish Classroom Rules
3. Grouping students based on classroom management
4. Building Relationships
5. Leaving The Ego At The Door]]> 2018-09-24 00:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284825053 Praising Other Students cgurley1 https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284830879 The purpose of this strategy, praising other students, is to give a student who is distracted or misbehaving the opportunity to change his or her action when realizing the reinforcement given to the student who is on-task and behaving (Barbetta, Norona, & Bicard, 2005). This strategy would be effective, because it will allow the student misbehaving to not be reprimanded or singled out in front of his peers. Praising other students to give misbehaving students the chance to act right would be appropriate for my classroom, because this strategy allows my students to make decisions based off of what they have just experienced, which is the reinforcement their classmate just received (Barbetta, Norona, & Bicard, 2005). This strategy is simply "killing two birds with one stone", because your praising one student for behaving well, while another student realizes it and then changes his or her behavior.  ]]> 2018-09-24 01:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284830879 Allowing Students to Establish Classroom Rules cgurley1 https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284830924 The purpose of this strategy, allowing students to establish classroom rules, is giving the students an opportunity to work as a class to have an active role in designing the classroom rules, which will help them learn the rules and be more inclined to have rule ownership (Barbetta, Norona, & Bicard, 2005). This strategy would be effective because when students are given an opportunity to come up with rules they believe are important they will have a better chance of following the specific rules. Allowing students to establish classroom rules would be appropriate for my classroom, because as an educator for students at the age of seventh graders, I want to give them a chance to have their own rules and give them the opportunity to show collaboration, teamwork, and leadership when establishing the rules. After performing this strategy and the guidelines are in place, the students will often design a set of classroom rules similar to the ones we as educators would have selected (Barbetta, Norona, & Bicard, 2005).]]> 2018-09-24 01:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284830924 Grouping students based on classroom management cgurley1 https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284830986 The purpose of the strategy is to ensure all students are engaged with the activity and not with their peers. Separating students from their peer that have demonstrated they tend to get each other off task will help promote the activity. Using this tactic for teaching students how to play volleyball, group students on ability by mixing the stronger athletic ability with the weaker ability but be cognizant of those students that tend to get each other off task, when grouping the students. Catapano (n.d.) gave a similar tactic of what a teacher must perform in order to keep her specified classroom management, "pre-assign groups and make sure students who need to be separated are kept apart" (Catapano, n.d., para. 6).]]> 2018-09-24 01:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284830986 Building Relationships cgurley1 https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284831033 The purpose of this strategy, building relationships, is for the educator to learn more about each of their students on a personal level. "Teachers who adopt a relationship-building approach to classroom management by focusing on developing the whole person are more likely to help students develop positive, socially-appropriate behaviors"(Beaty-O'Ferrall, Green, & Hanna, 2010, para. 7). With that being said, the building relationships strategy will be effective because it gives the educator the opportunity understand how to react to the students behavior. With the benefit of knowing each of the students' specific behaviors, strategies, and fundamental attitudes it will allow the educator to effectivly have control of their classroom (Beaty-O'Ferrall, Green, & Hanna, 2010). Building relationships strategy would be appropriate for my classroom because it is very important to have a deep understanding of the specific techniques I must inquire to meet every student's different needs. If I'm able to show personal interest in each of my students, it will allow my students more of a chance to promote positive behaviors in my classroom (Beaty-O'Ferrall, Green, & Hanna, 2010).]]> 2018-09-24 01:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284831033 Leaving The Ego At The Door cgurley1 https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284831107 The purpose of this strategy, leaving the ego at the door, is to provide more use of empathy towards students negative behavior by developing awareness. This strategy is very effective, because there will be times that students will push your buttons and it is extremely important for the teacher to take the time to examine his or her own vulnerabilities before responding to the students disrespectful remarks or behavior (Beaty-O'Ferrall, Green, & Hanna, 2010). "It is human nature for teachers, or anyone for that matter, to get upset when an adolescent pokes fun at a personally sensitive topic or issue"(Beaty-O'Ferrall, Green, & Hanna, 2010, para. 23). Leaving the ego at the door is appropriate for my classroom, because it will allow myself to relate more to my students and build a stronger relationship without the students thinking I feel that I have more power over them. I don't want my students to feel scared to make mistakes due to what kind of reprimanding they might face.  ]]> 2018-09-24 01:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284831107 References cgurley1 https://padlet.com/cgurley1/4aa44orwibfn/wish/284831241 Barbetta, P. M., Norona, K. L., & Bicard, D. F. (2005). Classroom Behavior          Management: A Dozen Common Mistakes and What to Do Instead. Preventing School Failure, 49(3), 11–19. 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Beaty-O'Ferrall, M. E., Green, A., & Hanna, F. (2010). Classroom Management Strategies for Difficult Students. Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE). Retrieved from https://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet /TabId/270/ArtMID/888/ArticleID/129/Classroom-Management-Strategies-for-Difficult-Students.aspx 
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