http://www.classroomdiscipline101.com/classroom-management Classroom Management and Classroom Discipline Strategies from the Real World Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:19:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.classroomdiscipline101.com/classroom-management/2009/06/04/which-rule-is-too-tough-sir-a-culture-of-low-expectations/ http://www.classroomdiscipline101.com/classroom-management/2009/06/04/which-rule-is-too-tough-sir-a-culture-of-low-expectations/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:55:56 +0000 Craig Seganti http://www.classroomdiscipline101.com/classroom-management/?p=276 Anybody remember the brilliant movie ‘Amadeus’? There’s a terrific scene where after a symphony concert one of Mozart’s rivals is trying to make him look bad, and tells the Emperor that the piece played had ‘too many notes’.  Here is a link to the scene to get the full impact: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCud8H7z7vU Of course the suggestion [...]

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]]> http://www.classroomdiscipline101.com/classroom-management/2008/06/12/more-preventative-medicine/feed/ 2 http://www.classroomdiscipline101.com/classroom-management/2008/06/11/keep-the-small-stuff-big-classroom-psychology/ http://www.classroomdiscipline101.com/classroom-management/2008/06/11/keep-the-small-stuff-big-classroom-psychology/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:11:15 +0000 Craig Seganti http://www.classroomdiscipline101.com/classroom-management/?p=25 Today my class was quietly reading.  One student, in the front, was reading, but he was leaned over and had his foot out to the side. I walked by, monitoring, and said quietly “Brent, turn around to a 90 degree angle to your desk and sit up.” No big deal, right? Worth mentioning?  Yes.  When [...]

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