1. Student Centered
Classroom Management
Techniques
Ian Stone
English Language Fellow
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2. Overview
▪ Student Centered Discipline
– Setting Rules
– Transparency
– Consequences
▪ Student Centered Learning
– Group Dynamic
– Group Regulation
– Group Structure
▪ TheTeacher’s Role
– TeacherTalkTime (TTT)
– Modeling
– Handling Mistakes
▪ The Role of Feedback
– Forms of Feedback
– Survey Structure & Use
– Online Feedback

3. Setting Rules
Predetermined
Student Centered
Simple, Clear & Far Reaching
Supportive of Learning
Achievable & Enforceable
Followed by All

4. Establishing Consequences
When/how should we introduce new rules & consequences?
What would happen if students chose the consequences?
Some techniques for dealing with an infraction.
 Confront the behavior, not the person
 The quiet confrontation (never in front of the class)
 The power of peer pressure

5. How Do Students Learn Best?
Learning Pyramid (NationalTraining Laboratories in 1960)
Conclusion: students learn better and retain more when
Not passive learners
‐ listening to a lecture, reading, using audiovisual
content
Actively involved
‐ teaching others, practicing doing,
discussing

6. Groups
Why groups?
When should group work be implemented?
What activities can be done in groups?

7. Simultaneous Interaction Increases
Engagement and Participation
Structure
Percent Actively
Engaged at Once
Student Participation
Time per Hour
Whole Class Q&A 1 in 30 (3.33%) 2 minutes per student
Round Robin 1 in 4 (25%) 15 minutes per student
Rally Robin 1 in 2 (50%) 30 minutes per student

8. Group Function
Group-work allows for P. I. E. S.
Positive interdependence
Individual accountability
Equal Participation
Simultaneous Interaction
“Numbered HeadsTogether” (Spencer Kagan 2009)
Assign a task to each member:
Topic Monitor
Phone Monitor
Language Monitor
Participation Monitor

9. Organizing Groups

10. Group Size
The ideal size for a group
 Pairs
Manageability
= 4 students (Richards and Bohlke 2011)
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14. Keep ‘em Moving
You should not remain at a fixed point in the classroom
Neither should your students
Create kinesthetic activities that keep your students
and yourself moving around the room.

15. The Teacher’s Role
Do teachers have to lecture to be effective teachers?
Knowledge Banking:
Teachers deposit information into the minds of
their students, and do not place importance on
student self-discovery of knowledge or critical
thinking. (Freire 2007)
Also known as the open vessel or blank slate concept .

16. Quietly Commanding Attention
Wait for all students to be quiet and focused before speaking?
Get quieter not louder (ie.do not raise your voice for attention).
Thank those who demonstrate the desired behavior?
Use nonverbal cues?
Do you:

17. Modeling
 Act out concepts in front of the class?
 Point out good behavior?
 Ask students to demonstrate?
Do you:

18. Error Correction
Self Correction
Non-Corrective Repetition
Targeted Correction
Peer Correction
Recasting
Board-Work
Parroting / Echoing (good or bad?)

19. Positive Reinforcement
The Power of Praise
Types of Rewards
Peer Praise & Public Praise

20. Feedback
What are some different forms of feedback?
How can we get accurate feedback about our classroom presence?
How can surveys be useful in planning a student centered class?

21. C l a s s F e e d b a c k F o r m
Vocabulary Grammar Reading Listening Writing

23. Overview Questions
1. What is an essential component of classroom rules?
2. When should the teacher remain quiet?Why?
3. When do students learn most?
4. What is knowledge banking?
5. What is the ideal size for groups?Why?
6. What is P.I.E.S.?
7. What are some possible roles for group members?
8. Why is timing important?
9. How is modeling used?
10. What is Parroting/Echoing?
11. What is peer correction?
12. How can student feedback be used in classroom management?

24. Thank you
Ian Stone
English Language Fellow
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