The vast majority of behavior problems in the classroom involve minor breaches of
discipline.
These incidents frequently originate in the classroom situation itself
and are within the control of the teacher.
Disciplinary problems in the classroom are symptoms of underlying weaknesses in
total learning situation.
Mr Grimes mathematics teacher is displeased with the progress of his ninth grade
class in mathematics.
You see what low grade you made on your weekly mathematics test.
More than half of you failed.
Most of those who passed just got by nobody got one hundred percent.
This is the poorest class I've had in a long long time.
Most of you have no foundation at all.
Other troubles with your attitude you don't pay enough attention in class.
You don't do enough work outside of it.
You don't know what the word study mean you haven't the slightest idea
and you realize that mathematics is an important subject.
I tell you right now
that unless you get over your lazy you have come up to the standards I set for this
class. Many of you will have the pleasure of repeating this course next semester.
And what is it.
That's when I have to leave for a few minutes.
Now I could open your books and work. The correct solution to the problem.
Jim is.
I can't make any sense out of that I might as well. Took up this problem.
It's
that he's never been used to taking this
stuff anymore I'm afraid to get my paper.
Down. The trouble is.
You don't know what to write you haven't the slightest idea
what kind of behavior do you call it a minute you say where you are.
This is the kind of behavior I might have expected of you.
All I do is leave the room for a few minutes and what I find confusion this autumn.
And what are you doing.
I was just going going to ride the race right about the good thing.
I caught you I'll make an example out of you that's enough out of you leave this
room and report to the principal's office immediately. Don't take all day.
Did that.
All right. Since you think it's so funny.
The whole class can stay in for forty five minutes this afternoon.
Then you'll see how funny it is.
Then on the whole class to report back here at five o'clock every
night to do. I think I go free.
If the gram did not have a happy time of the week.
You got that book.
All right I'll wait till you're quiet.
Many of you failed a hand in your homework yesterday.
Now if you know that what is it that night.
To detention three detention leave this room
and don't come back until you're ready to apologize to me.
Well this is going to get us nowhere.
Maybe we'd better go back to see if we can find some of the causes of this
undesirable learning situation.
Just what was Mr Grimes purpose in making such statements as these.
This is the poorest class I've had in a long long time.
This is hardly the way to win friends or influence people.
You don't know what the word study means you haven't the slightest idea.
Might not be a bad idea to show him how.
I tell you right now that unless you get over your lazy habits
and come up to the standards I've set for this class.
Many of you will have the pleasure of repeating this course next semester.
What kind of motivation is there. What is it Lee.
The trouble is you don't know what the word study means.
You haven't the slightest idea or reaction is the answer.
It was the result of Mr Grimes provocative remarks.
Now take this the good thing. I caught you I'll make an example out of you.
Oh come now Mr Grimes by taking it out on the boy. Aren't you.
Covering up a symptom of your own deficiency
in that. Yes who did some boy probably.
But the chances are it summarizes the feelings of the group there was an unwritten
code covering such situations. Why try to block it. All right.
Since you think it's so funny.
The whole class can stay in for forty five minutes after no.
Mass punishment is a dangerous weapon and doesn't work too well.
Put a dent. Three detention.
Leave this room
and don't come back until you're ready to apologize to me it's a long way to the
end of the term. When will this
and that's what should have developed into a sequence of classes
and valuable learning experiences at the to rewrite it into a series of
disagreeable and injurious personal tensions.
This is all wrong need any of these incidents have occurred at all.
I suppose Mr Grimes had tried another approach.
Most of you are disappointed in the low grades you made on this test. So my.
Now we all of you had trouble with that last problem on racial
and perhaps I didn't do a good job explaining ratio. Ratio is commonly.
As an everyday life mother uses it in the kitchen
when she takes a recipe for a big cake
and uses proportional amount of ingredients to make a little cake viceversa.
But that's part of the recipe called Form eight cups of flour and for eggs.
I want to make a cap that decide how much what I use for cuts of flour and you
and that's right. You're going to use it in the shop but you read a blueprint.
As you know blueprints merely a scale drawing of something that usually large
or small I had a blueprint of a bridge that's going to be a hundred feet wide.
But on this drawing the bridge is only ten inches wide
and how many feet would each interrupt present. Ten feet.
That's right and that ratio.
I don't see where we made our mistakes.
The problem is that what is the ratio between four and a half guys.
Want to have feet and you're tired laid for one half
and want to have the answer was three. That's where you fell into a trap.
What you forgot was
that before you can divide you have to reduce all units of measurement to the same
unit and let the unit here. That's right.
I guy I'm sure fell for that one.
First of all let's change four
and I have the ides in defeat.
That gives us thirteen and a half feet.
And now we can divide thirteen and a half feet by one
and a half feet.
The right answer is nine.
Well I see where I'm a minor stake
and I want you to look over your papers very carefully
and see where your major mistakes are going down the aisles are there any questions.
Don't hesitate to ask. Yeah exactly. Thank you.
I have to leave for a few moments and age fifteen of your books.
The first three problems are exactly like number one on the test go to do as many
as you can
and I get back.
I get the idea now. I sure messed up my test. Thanks.
I'm glad he's going over these questions I'd never make head
or tail out of them otherwise.
You know I'm beginning to get some sense out of this.
I hope I do better next time I hate to bring out a paper like this the way he
explained it.
It doesn't seem to cut it out.
I want to do these problems.
I might have some fun while make the grind of
that court to do these are problems anyway.
You know rather broad range of alignment and practice and.
Ryan Chilcote handing AK all good ideas pretty good.
As my right. Now you're getting it but saving to the next.
Classroom control
and learning efficiency are products of good teaching learning must be made
meaningful.
Interest in work for which learners see a purpose provides its own discipline.
But in spite of interest and meaning it must be remembered
that some incidents will occur.
Skill in handling such occurrence as prevents their growth into problems.
I have a pretty good bet for a moment but to admit I'm sorry
but i already in the apple. All right. It's about as expected there is there.
I'd suggest on the future going to be a baseball acting outside a class a friendly
attitude with a sprinkling of humor.
Goes a long way toward winning the regard
and cooperation of the clients for respect is a more desirable Molder of behavior
than fear.
The development of mutual understanding between teacher
and pupils will help eliminate disciplinary problems.