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Structuring the Classroom for Success

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Colleen S. Blankenship*
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Abstract

This article summarizes recent research on effective classroom management practices that teachers can use to enhance learning and to prevent, or at least minimize, the occurrence of misbehaviour. Suggestions for creating and maintaining an appropriate climate for learning are discussed. Strategies that are particularly effective in teaching mildly handicapped students are emphasized and procedures for evaluating the effectiveness of one’s management practices are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1988

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