(ASSESSMENT): COMPONENTS OF CLASS MANAGEMENT

Instructions: Answer the question.

What does a well-managed classroom look like? Whats involved in:
(i) creating an environment of respect and rapport; (ii) establishing a culture for learning; (iii) managing
classroom procedures; (iv) managing student behaviour; and (iii) organizing physical space?

(GROUP WORK): SIMULATED PROBLEM SOLVING

Instructions:
Suggest solutions to the following classroom management problems:

Norm Setting

Problems Solutions
1. A student is excluded from participating in
group work.
2. When making groups students are vocal
towards those that they would like to be in a
group with and those that they do not want to
be with. They then chose not to work with
anyone else besides their friends.
3. During group and class discussions there are
students who do not participate and instead
distract other students from learning by talking
to their friends or else talking out.
4. The same students are always the ones who
make sure the materials are picked up and put
away at the end of class.
5. The class is broken into small groups for
group work and is unproductive.
6. After a teachers attempt to get the classs
attention, the students are aware what the
teacher wants (for them to be quiet) but they
all just keep talking anyways.
Classroom Organization
Problems Solutions
1. Students are working in class and accomplish
tasks at different rates some students are
done very quickly and some take much more
time.
2. When class is working collaboratively in small
groups in the classroom, how do you regain
their attention and refocus them when it is time
to come back together?
3. The physical limitations of the environment,
which may impede an ideal seating
arrangement or group work arrangement.
4. A lesson bombs or some other mistake, which
makes it hard to stay with the plan. What do
you do with the class at that time how do you
 recover?
5. Students are not interested how to get the
classs attention.
6. During transition times the students get out of
their seats, talk with their friends, and generally
make the transition times twice as long as they
need to be.