Adding Motivation to Mastery
Beyond Weaning Our focus over the past several segments has been on the prevention of classroom discipline problems. First, we looked at...
Exploiting Structured Practice
Preventing Discipline Problems “Is it possible to teach a lesson so effectively that the need for corrective feedback is nearly...
Relationship Building
Beyond Behavior Management When describing management programs, commentators tend to contrast “behavioral” approaches with programs that...
Responsibility Training part 5: Omission Training - Win-Win for Severe Behavior Problems
Remember Larry? Larry is the name we give to the student who is always getting into trouble. Larry will cause you to question your career...
Responsibility Training part 4: Preferred Activity Time (PAT)
Having Fun with Responsibility Training In the previous three segments we have described the mechanics of Responsibility Training....
Responsibility Training part 3: Teaching Students to Hustle
The Nuts and Bolts of Time Management Responsibility Training teaches students to be responsible with everything they do in the classroom...
Responsibility Training part 2: PAT - Learning To Give In Order To Get
Students Waste Time In our previous segment we learned that incentive systems teach lessons. We might give our teenager an allowance, for...
Responsibility Training part 1: Cooperation and Incentives
Incentives Teach Lessons Starting versus Stopping Behavior Behavior management is conceptually simple. There are only two things you can...
Student Engagement
“In my methods courses I learned what I should be doing, but they never taught me how to do it.” New Teacher Trainee Focus on Classroom...
Preferred Activity Time
Having Fun with Responsibility Training In the last month's blog we learned how to use Preferred Activity Time (PAT) and Hurry-up Bonuses...