8. Working the Crowd Natural teachers spend less time in front of the class teaching and more time circulating the room while students are working. Physical proximity of the teacher is a powerful factor that lessens the chances of students misbehaving.
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10. Helpless Hand Raisers Some students look for your attention as the class begins independent work. Working with that child can take up to 4 minutes, meanwhile the rest of the class is getting off task. Using guided practice and praise, prompt, and leave will help those students become more independent workers.
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14. Motivation Motivation is managed through the use of incentives. Incentives answer the question, "Why should I?" By managing incentives, we can increase the motivation of students to work hard while working conscientiously . -Fred Jones’ article Positive Discipline: Part 3 No Joy, No Work, 1/ 2006; posted on www.Educationworld.com
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18. Discipline In Jones’ article, Responsibility Training: Part 1 Incentives Teach Lessons, he states: “ There are only two things you can do with a behavior. You can increase it or you can decrease it. If you consistently increase the behaviors you want, and consistently decrease the behaviors you do not want, sooner or later you will be left with what you want.”