Monday, January 23, 2012
Classroom Management
Through your experiences as a student in elementary, middle or high school, describe a classroom management technique that a teacher used (don’t worry about the name of the technique, just describe it). How did you feel about the management technique as a student? If you were the teacher would you use the same technique? Why or why not?
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In elementary school, one of my teachers would turn off the lights in order to let us know it was time to turn our voices off. When this technique was used, it was effective because we all had the same understanding that when the lights are off, our voices are off. I would probably use this same technique because it is used frequently and is a simple concept for students to understand.
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DeleteI remember my teachers doing that as well when I was in elementary school. They would turn off the lights and stand there until every one was quiet. This worked well for my classes too, but I think the older you get into middle and high school, the less effective it would be and teachers would have to come up with different techniques to get students on-task.
DeleteI think that shutting off the lights to get the student's attention is a really good idea. As long as the student's are aware that as soon as the lights go off then that means that all of the voices are off, then that strategy will definitely work. I think that this is definitely a good strategy for younger students because they will pay attention as soon the lights go off. I remember it being a very effective classroom management strategy in elementary school.
DeleteA few of my elementary teachers used this technique also. I would say that it was effective most of the time, but there were instances when students went from talking when the lights were on to whispering when the lights were turned off. I would try using this technique in my future classroom and see how the student react, if they quiet down then I would consider using it as one management strategy. I believe that it is more effective in younger grades and gets less effective as you get into middle and high school.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was in fifth grade and the class wouldn't stop talking while my teacher was talking, his voice would go from normal to quieter and quieter until we had to strain to hear him and eventually stop talking. This was effective most of the time, because we always knew that it was his turn to talk as his voice got quieter. I think this would be very effective with elementary school students because they would know when their teacher is ready to get serious and start class.
ReplyDeleteI also think that this would be a very effective method for getting students' attention because they will learn to listen for the change in the teacher's voice. They might also learn to use this technique among their peers, which would be beneficial to classroom management in the future.
DeleteThrough my experience in elementary, middle, and high school, my many teachers used various techniques. The technique I remember being used the most was teachers whispering, “If you can hear me, clap once. If you can hear me, clap twice. If you can hear me, clap three times.” This seemed to work most of the time because the teachers were not just saying please be quiet, they were having us actually do something to help us quiet down.
ReplyDeleteI liked this technique as a student because it was fun to do and also helped us want to quiet down. We kind of made it like a game/competition of who could hear the teacher and clapped back to him/her first. Everyone always wanted to be the first to clap back after hearing, “If you can hear me, clap once.”
I believe I will use this same technique in my classroom and see how my students respond to it. If they respond like my class, I will continue to use it because it will quiet the students down and get them in tune for what the teacher has planned next for the class. I think depending on the age you could do various actions. For example, with younger students “If you can hear me, touch your toes” could be appropriate.
I think the "If you can hear me, clap once..." strategy is very effective because a lot of students want to show they are listening. I think if this could be turned into some sort of game that didn't get out of hand, then maybe even a little bit older students could get into it also.
DeleteI really like this technique because it gets the students involved and in charge of their actions. They aren't just noticing the lights are off, rather they are stopping what they're doing to respond to the teacher by clapping.
I would definitely use this technique in my classroom because it would get the students involved and make them responsible for replying to the teacher to show they are ready to go.
I work in a child development center, and we do this for our kids multiple times a day. It really does work, because the students catch on to it right away and think it is a fun activity.
DeleteI would use this technique for a younger age in the classroom. Its a fun way to get kids attention without using harsh language.
I haven't experienced this but it sounds like it would work really well.
DeleteThrough all of my school experiences, my teachers used a variety of classroom management strategies. The one that I remember my teachers doing the most would be clapping a certain pattern and then we had to repeat the pattern. I think this management strategy worked very well because once you hear the clapping; you stop talking so you can hear the pattern and repeat it back. This management skill works well because it quiets the students down fairly fast.
ReplyDeleteI think that I will use this strategy in my future classroom because I think that if you start clapping and they are asked to repeat the pattern then they will pay attention more to hear the clapping. I will be interested in seeing how this strategy will work in my future classroom. I also think that this strategy would work for a variety of ages and grades. The clapping classroom management strategy will be a good skill to keep in mind for my future students.
I have never experienced the clapping technique as a student before but as I am going into more classrooms I have seen it a lot more. In every classroom that I have seen it in it seems to be a very effective method and the students react well to it. I agree with why it will work in a classroom, especially for all students. It is something they can all do and sometimes the patterns can even be made fun for them so they want to pay attention to the teacher.
DeleteIn my elementary to quiet students a teacher would raise their arm up in the air with just a fist and then each student had to do it when they saw, so they knew to be quiet. It was effective because it was kind of like a chain reaction. Once one student did it another would then another till everyone had their hand up. I did not mind this technique. It was a quiet easy way a teacher could manage students without raising their voice and talking over everyone.I might do the same or something similiar to it. I think it was a good way, because it is a quiet way to get student's attention.
ReplyDeleteOne technique that I have seen recently is from a kindergarten class in my home town that I in and visit frequently. When in group time she raises the palm of her hand in the air and the students know that it is time to think about the question or the statement she has just said. When she wants them to speak the answer she lowers her arm and has her palm facing up so they know it is their turn to talk. This works so that the students do not blurt out the answer and they know that when her hand is in the air that it is time to be quiet. I have never seen it in any other classroom but I think it is a very effective tool and I would use it in my classroom because it shows that they will have their time to talk but they also need time to think about it first so it creates less confusion and blurting out from students.
ReplyDeleteFor my experience in school we had a teacher use the smiley face strategy to get us to behave. Each day we would start with 3 smiley faces on the board. If we misbehaved or didn't follow directions or were loud we got a smiley taken away. This was a good method but to me I don't want to use this, it was not effective enough for most students. If one student misbehaved it wasn't fair to the whole class. If we lost all of our smileys we lost recess.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was in high school, marching band was a big part of my life. It was the best part of high school for me because of all of the friends you make and how much time we spent with each other. If we didn't do something correct, talked when we weren't supposed to, played something wrong, our band director had us do push ups. I used to think that it was ridiculous to make us do that, but it had a purpose. Marching band was so physical that I didn't really make a difference to me. I probably wouldn't make my students do push ups if I was to be teaching band, but it was a pretty effective technique.
ReplyDeleteI agree about this method, doing push ups might seem to be ridiculous to the students but it is an effective method. Marching band is physical and this helps with that aspect as well as teaching students a lesson about paying attention to notes, staying on task, and not goofing around. I probably wouldn't have my students do this either but for this teacher you had it seemed effective!
DeleteWhen I was in elementary school, the teachers would also use the technique of either turning of the lights in the classroom or clapping their hands three times to get the attention of the students. I felt like it was an effective method for getting the students' attention and was definitely preferable to the teachers raising their voices or using a whistle. I think that these are methods I might use if I am in an elementary or middle school classroom setting because it is a fairly simple procedure to teach students. I think it would also be effective for young students because by turning off the lights or clapping hands the teacher is getting the students' attention by way of their senses.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in elementary school, the teacher would hold two up two fingers until everyone was quiet. I thought that it was an effective technique because the students know automatically that they are misbehaving when the hand is up without the teacher saying anything.
ReplyDeleteI remember that in elementary school the teacher would just walk by the student causing issues.
ReplyDeleteThe teacher would also use the light strategy discussed earlier. I have also seen where a class is awarded marbles for good behavior and taken away when its not. when the marble jar is filled they have a party. I think these are effective and I would use them.