Classroom Management - Resources

Books*

Bodine, R. J., & Crawford, D.K. (1998). The Handbook of Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Building Quality Programs in Schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Charney, R. S. (1992). Teaching children to care: Management in the responsive classroom. Greenfield, MA: Northeast Foundation for Children.

Dalton, J. & Watson, M. (1997). Among Friends: Classrooms Where Caring and Learning Prevail. Oakland, CA: Developmental Studies Center.

Drew, N. (1995). Learning the Skills of Peacemaking: A K-6 Activity Guide on Resolving Conflict, Communicating, Cooperating. Torrance, CA: Jalmar Press.

Emmer, E. T., Evertson, C. M., Clements, B.S., & Worsham, M. E. (1997). Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers(4th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Evertson, C. M., Emmer, E. T., Clements, B. S., & Worsham, M. E. (1997). Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers(4th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Gathercoal, F. (1993). Judicious discipline(3rd ed.). San Francisco: Caddo Gap Press.

Gordon, T. (1974). T.E.T.-Teacher effectiveness training. New York: Peter H. Wyden.

Johnson, D.W., & Johnson, R.T. (1995). Reducing School Violence Through Conflict Resolution. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Johnson, D. W., & Johnson, R.T. (1995). Teaching Students to be Peacemakers. Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company.

Jones, V. F.& Jones, L.S. (1995). Comprehensive classroom management: Creating positive learning environments for all students (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Kreidler, W. J. (1984). Creative Conflict Resolution: More than 200 activities for keeping peace in the classroom(K-6). Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman.

Kreidler, W. J. (1994). Conflict Resolution in the Middle School. Cambridge, MA: Educators for Social Responsibility.

Lantieri, L. & Patti, J. (1996). Waging Peace in Our Schools. Boston: Beacon Press.

Mendler, A. N. (1992). What do I do when...? How to achieve discipline with dignity in the classroom. Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service.

Porro, B. (1996). Talk It Out: Conflict Resolution for the Elementary Classroom. Alexandria, VA:ASCD.

Schmuck, R. A. & Schmuck, P. A. (1988). Group processes in the classroom (5th ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown.

Silverman, R., Welty, W. & Lyon, S. (1996). Case Studies for Teacher Problem Solving (2nd ed.). N.Y.: McGraw-Hill.

Silverman, R:, Welty, W. & Lyon, S. (1996). Instructor's Manual to Accompany Case Studies for Teacher Problem Solving (2nd ed.). N.Y.: McGraw-Hill.

Weinstein, C. S. (1996). Secondary classroom management: Lessons from research and practice. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill.

Weinstein, C. S. & Mignano, A. J. (1997). Elementary classroom management: Lessons from research and practice (2nd ed.). N.Y.: McGraw-Hill.

Magazines and Pamphlets*

Brekelmans, M., Wubbels, T., & Creton, H. (1990). A study of student perceptions of physics teachers behavior. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 27(4), 335-350.

Clark, C. (1989). The good teacher. Plenary lecture presented to The Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities Conference: "Education from Cradle to Doctorate." Trondheim, Norway.

Ideas from the Child Development Project (1996). Ways We Want Our Class to Be. Oakland, CA: Developmental Studies Center.

Leinhardt, O., Weidman, C., and Hammond, K.M. (1987). Introduction and integration of classroom routines by expert teachers. Curriculum Inquiry, 17(2), 135-175.

Solomon, D., Watson, M. S., Delucchi, K. L., et al. (1998). Enhancing children's prosocial behavior in the classroom. American Educational Research Journal, 25(4), 527-554.

Weinstein, C.S. (1998). I want to be nice, but I have to be mean: Exploring prospective teachers' conceptions of caring and order. Teaching and Teacher Education, 14(2), 153-163.


*This list adapted from the MVP CD-Rom: Effective Classroom Management available from the FTP/United at their website.


On-Line Resources **

What is your classroom management profile?
(http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v1i2/what.html)

A listing of 72 websites featuring articles on Classroom Management.
(http://aristotle.schreiner.edu/worldpac/eng/slinks/s002151.htm)

An article on classroom management directed at the lower grades.
(http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/ddc/incl/c10.htm)

A website that links to more websites and featured papers on classroom management. Be sure and read the article entitled: Techniques that Backfire.
(http://www.nwrel.org/sky/Office/Teacher/Classroom_Related/Classroom_Management.html)

Another page of links, this time brought to you by the University of Arkansas-Little Rock.
(http://www.ualr.edu/~coedept/curlinks/cm.html)

Dave Wiggins of the University of Minnesota Mathematics Education Department has a comprehensive classroom management plan that's worth looking at.
(http://www.geom.umn.edu/~dwiggins/plan.html#1e)

Some thoughts on Classroom management from the folks at brains.org.
(http://www.brains.org/classroom_management.htm)

Review of some literature on Classroom Management
(http://www.mcdougallittell.com/div/classm.htm#anchor3895369)

Practical tips for dealing with students that have following problems: inattention, impulsivity, hyperactivity, academic success, and organizational skills.
(http://www.adda-sr.org/tipsforteachers.htm)


** These online resources were found by going to the search engine: http://www.metacrawler.com and searching the phrase "classroom management" (with ""). The links you see here are just a small sampling of the "hits" I received during this search.