...Setting high expectations for responsible student behavior is an essential part of any teacher’s education plan. The knowledge and understanding of these expectations will help students learn valuable skills within social settings, as well as teach them the important fact that there will always be consequences to all of their actions. These expectations are effective teaching tools during in-class activities as well as out-of-class activities. One very common in-class activity would be students answering question during any given lesson. It is very common during this time of the school day for students to begin asking questions randomly, which can disrupt the teacher’s rhythm and interrupt the entire lesson. A behavioral expectation for this activity would be for the students to raise their hand when they have a question, and then wait to be called on before they ask it. This behavior will help students understand the value and importance of patience as well as begin to condition them to recognize and accept acceptable patterns of behavior. Another behavioral expectation would be for the students to only ask questions that are relevant to the lesson at hand. It is very easy for young children to drift of topic and begin asking questions about subjects they would rather be discussing. By requiring students to only ask questions that pertain to the immediate topic of discussion, they are more likely to stay focused and gain a better understanding of the lesson being taught....
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...A comprehensive mission of schools is to educate students to be knowledgeable, responsible, socially skilled, healthy, caring, and contributing citizens. This mission is supported by the growing number of school-based prevention and youth development programs; Yet, the current impact of these programs is limited because of insufficient coordination with other components of school operations and inattention to implementation and evaluation factors necessary for strong program impact and sustainability. Widespread implementation of beneficial prevention programming requires further development, professional development that prepares and supports educators to implement programs effectively, and systematic monitoring and evaluation to guide school improvement. Cultural influences impact behaviors of students and may contribute to failure in schools for minority students. According to Gault and Murphy (1987), many American schools claim to practice c ultural pluralism, but in reality all students are expected to fit into the white middle class culture. Students with different cultural backgrounds, values, and skills than those generally valued by American schools may be perceived as incapable of performing according to the school's standards.In addition to the assumptions described above, some commonly accepted myths about minority children become barriers to their access to quality education. ...
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...Chapter 1 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Shifting of course is a way of college students to change their chosen program to another that may have been caused by many incompatibility to compete in that specific program. Choosing a course is difficult. A lot of factors are to be considered. Choosing to pursue it or not is more difficult. Even the brightest student fails in class sometimes. On the other hand, it is unhealthy to force a student into something that he is not happy with. It will only result todisappointments and regrets in the future. The first year is adeciding period for most students as to whether they will pursue their respective degrees or shift to another. It is the year when students begin to question the significance of their subjects to their courses. If the course does not meet the demands of students it may cause failure or boredom that makes them shift.True dedication to studies cannot be easily disrupted by unpromising class performance. Although the choice of what course to pursue is often based on practical reasons, there are students who are driven by a “true calling.” These are students who are truly passionate with what they are taking up now. They cannot be easily disheartened by unsatisfactory quiz and exam results.Grades can serve as a basis when choosing between shifting and staying. However, passion is the ultimate determinant in finalizing one’s decision. ...
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...in the world spend the first eighteen years of their lives between the two homes; their house, and their school. And if you think about it, a student actually spends more time at school than at home on a school day, five days a week, 9 months a year. Because most of the time he spends in his house, he spends sleeping, so more than 60 percent of his values and behaviors is being earned at school, from the teachers, which are all second fathers and mothers to their students. Schools in general do their best to maintain a healthy, warm and safe environment for their students to interact and learn, using each and every individual of the staff members to make it as convenient as possible for the kids to spend their times. Whether it’s the principle, teacher, nurse, security guard, or janitor. And the simplest thing for us students to do in return is to behave ourselves and be as much respectful as possible to each other and to the teachers. However, there are some students who don’t cherish all the advantages they get, throwing away the nice treatment they receive and just try their best to make a mess. Overlooking the fact that there are other students in class who actually want to learn, disrespecting the faculty members and most importantly reflecting a very bad image about their parents and their manners. I think that such students should be taught that a classroom is a learning environment and should be treated as such. It is not a place to talk with friends by whispering...
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...portray them; everybody’s drinking, smoking, and partying, with very little studying and barely any homework. The realities of college don’t set in until students encounter the coursework that presumably consume their time. Until then, college students tend to have more fun than they usually would back home because of the lack of parental supervision. During the first few weeks of college, students, especially freshmen, are at the highest risk of alcohol-related harm. With the pressures of classes and social acceptance, freshmen feel more anxious about making their way into the college life. "We see a spike then because anxiety is high, and the rigors of coursework haven't yet taken hold” (Cleveland). The drinking problem starts with the way college is portrayed—as a life that revolves around alcohol. Freshmen come in expecting it to be that way, so behave that way, the excessive drinking and reckless behavior are all mirrored from movies and media. According to national surveys conducted by Harvard School of Public Health, 44 percent of all college students binge drink and many suffer alcohol-induced blackouts. Scott Walters, professor of behavioral health at University of North Texas Health Science Center, looked at data gathered from surveys of 77,000 incoming freshman. The students were questioned about their drinking behavior during the two months before college started and during their first month of freshman year. Not only were freshman drinking more in the fall than in...
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...Behavior of Business Students and Bayview University It was found that during the timeframe between 2008 and 2009 that many in the business world behaved in an unethical way. It was believed that the cause of this behavior was a result of cheating while the individuals were enrolled in a University. The College of Business at Bayview University believed that the issue of cheating was much worse at their University compared to other institutions. This report was developed to help determine and study the cheating tendencies of 90 students. This test was given during and exit interview to help elevate any potential repercussions to the results. All statistical information can be found in Tables A1-A4. In addition to the statistical information, the confidence testing results and hypothesis testing can be found in Tables A5-A7. The students were asked three questions: * Did you ever copy work off the Internet as your own? * Did you ever copy answers off another student’s exam? * Did you ever collaborate with other students on a project that was supposed to be completed individually? A total of 90 students responded to the questionnaire with the group divided into 48 male and 42 female students. The data showed that 41.11% of the students cheated in some way. The results also concluded that 37.5% of the male students were more likely to collaborate on a projected compared to 26.19% of the female students. The survey also showed that 21.43% of the female students...
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...getting the things that I needed to have accomplished because my father wasn’t there. But again, not all children react in the same manner. Various statistics say Half of all American children will witness the breakup of a parent’s marriage. Of these, close to half will also see the breakup of a parent’s second marriage.” (Furstenberg, Peterson, Nord, and Zill, “Life Course”) . We will see how this applies to the “Student”. In the prescribed reading, it was tested to find out if these actions on the parent’s behalf could in fact affect the student life of a child. The main point of this was to observe the effects a program that a child would enter prior to the divorce of their parents, to prevent and reduce belligerent behavior of students who were experiencing behavioral difficulties due to the reaction of divorce or separation. In an example in the article, counselors had identified several students that were acting out as a cause of the dissolution of their parent’s marriage, but even beforehand suggesting special education assessment based off the changing behavior observed by the teachers. To get more in depth about the direction of this study, they took fifteen out of twenty-one children and their parents and actually followed through with attending pre-treatment, Fifteen of 21 children and their custodial parents completed the...
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...CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION The role ICT play in the educational and learning environment cannot be over emphasized. The use of ICT in modern learning environment ranges from slice use of computers in practical aspects to an online learning experience which enhances and improves students’ intellectual and learning behavior. With the introduction of computers, the precursor of our modern-day ICT, and the promising potentials of computer-based instruction and learning, many researchers and funding agencies were led to invest much of their resources to investigate the possibility of computers replacing teachers in key instructional roles. Moreover, many people believe that computers should be brought into the education arena simply because “they are there” and the resultant perpetuation of the myth those students would benefit quantitatively from computers by simply providing them with the software and hardware for an effective learning process. We are living in a constantly evolving digital world. ICT has an impact on nearly every aspect of our lives – from working to socializing, learning to playing. The digital age has transformed the way young people communicate, network, seek help, access information and learn. We must recognize that young people are now an online population and access is through variety of means, such as computers, TV and mobile phones. As technology becomes more and more embedded in our culture, we must provide our learners with relevant and contemporary...
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...Management Case Study Introduction Throughout the study, Shelley’s class was well managed. Explanations and evidence to support the following six assertions regarding Shelley’s management style are presented: 1. Shelley did not focus extensively on behavior management; 2. Shelley monitored student behavior throughout lessons; 3. Shelley promptly dealt with potential disruptive behavior; 4. Shelley reinforced acceptable behavior; 5. Shelley was very tolerant of student interaction and discussion; and, 6. Shelley devoted a great deal of time to task management. Assertions and Evidence Throughout the study, Shelley did not focus extensively on behavior management. On most days, the students in Shelley’s class were very well behaved and seemed to be familiar with Shelley’s rules regarding classroom behavior. On occasions when Shelley considered student behavior to be inappropriate, she provided corrective feedback in the form of non-verbal gestures or short reprimands. Once the feedback was provided, Shelley continued with instruction and did not dwell on behavior. Examples of corrective feedback statements regarding the behavior of the whole class included, “Let’s get back into control,...
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...McCoy College of Business Administration TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Marketing Consumer Behavior: MKT 3350 |Instructor |Kathryn Davis, Ph.D |Phone: 512-245-4378 | | |Office: McCoy 417 |Email: ksd27@txstate.edu | |Office hours |MWF: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM and Wed: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM and by appointment as needed | |Course Description |Students examine the psychological and sociological factors that influence consumption and decision-making. During the | | |course, students learn the practical implications of consumer attitudes and behavior for marketing activities. This | | |course is part of Texas State’s Service-Learning Initiative. | |Course Materials |Consumer Behavior: Building Marketing Strategy, 12/e (note: 11/e is also accepted) | | |Hawkins, Mothersbaugh, Best | | |ISBN 13: 978-0-07-353004-8 ...
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...in their Handbook of Classroom Management (2006:5), classroom management is not merely a "bag of tricks" that is passed on from one teacher to another--it is "a multifaceted endeavor that is far more complex than establishing rules, rewards, and penalties to control students' behavior." Discipline: Student Conduct and Classroom Management Discipline problems do arise in the college classroom. What would you consider a discipline problem? Why do they arise? How would you address them? Gerald Amada in his Coping With Misconduct in the College Classroom (1999) identifies common misconduct issues. Among those are: * undermining teacher authority * spacing-out or sleeping in class * frequent absences/tardiness * food and cell phone disruptions * plagiarism or lying * disrespectful behavior * refusal to participate * too much chit-chat cm/cm-01-01-discipline.xml Undesirable student behaviors experienced by language teachers. Duration: 01:43 Lisa Rodriguez, in her article Classroom Management, suggests strategies for addressing such issues by way of maintaining discipline in the classroom, but also by trying to identify their root causes. She offers tips to addressing such behavior and lists "positive impression givers" and "negative impression givers". Positive impression givers include sitting at the front, maintaining eye contact, and being prepared. This as opposed to negative impression givers: rolling one's eyes in response to a statement...
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...either the University of Phoenix Student Code of Conduct or the Student Code of Academic Integrity that surprised you? If so, what was it? Why were you surprised? If not, why not? I really don’t have a problem with the Code of Conduct or the student Code of Integrity. I these codes basically lets me as a student know what’s expected of me, and what will And will not be tolerated at the University .I have always followed the rules. I believe that The code of conduct and the code of integrity will help guide me to make all the correct Decisions while attending the University. • What did you learn about the behaviors considered important for an ethical learner or student in the University of Phoenix learning community? I learned that to be an ethical learner requires structure, we should always conduct ourselves in an ethical manner. It is harder then we think to be an ethical student. It takes time and practice. In order to be an ethical person, I must practice ethical behaviors, and I have to to apply change if needed. I believe that it is the small things, and the behavior that I practice in my everyday life, the basics. Number one being Honesty. Being an ethical learner is a challenge, it not only challenges our values, but it also questions the person you claim to be. From this day forward I will pride myself on being an ethical learner. • Why are the Student Code of Conduct and Student Code of Academic Integrity important...
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...I observed on Thursday November 10, 2016 at Wasson Elementary school. I observed a K-5 Autism support classroom. The classroom was very child friendly, colorful and everything the students would need was at their level. The walls also had helpful hints for the staff reminding them how to reinforce students as well as when students needed to be in certain places. The classroom was staffed with one teacher and six student aides, while there were nine students. I chose to focus on a student who would wander away from his desk. I would operationally define this behavior as any time the student was out of his seat without permission, a set destination, or reason. I recorded the behavior using a frequency data collection table for the rest of...
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...the classroom. Some of these problems can be altered or modified. In an interview done with a special education teacher who specializes in blind and visually impaired along with the deaf, speaks about how PBS or Positive Behavior Supports help her keep her children and class in control. The ratio of the class is 6:1:2, six students, one teacher and two assistants. “Research in the field of PBS has fostered a greater awareness among professional toward furthering their understanding of the relationship between distant setting events (i.e., physical, social, and environmental variables that serve to establish operations or “set the stage”) and antecedents (i.e., events that trigger behavior) and problematic behavior” (Wheeler and Richey, 2014). Her school does have a PBS system in place and since most of the students in the building are blind or severely visually impaired, they use task sort of system to keep the students on track and focus. Jenifer says “We tell the students first you do this then you do this, or if you do this first you can do this after, sort of a rewards system of you will” (J. Kaplan, personal communication, February 24, 2014). She has a daily schedule up in her classroom and she also uses tangible cues and pictures to remind her students of what expected of them during the day. These cues she says “reminds them of the flow and routine of the class. When they come in for the morning they know that they eat breakfast first and then it is time for morning circle...
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...goals to keep in order for the teacher to be successful in her teaching. Weaknesses: This model I believe has more focus on the success of the teacher rather than the needs of the students. Quotes: “The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty — it is the effectiveness of the teacher.” ~~ Harry K. Wong “It is the teacher — what the teacher knows and can do — that is the most significant factor in student achievement.” ~~ Harry K. Wong Websites: http://www.slideshare.net/courtneyprunyon/harry-wong-power-point-28304856 http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2013/10/14/cm_wong.html http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_sc/gen/HSTPR034.PDF References: Wong, H., Wong, R., Rogers, K., & Brooks, A. (2012). Managing Your Classroom for Success. Science & Children, 49(9), 60-64. Wong, H., & Wong, R. (2008). Academic Coaching Produces More Effective Teachers. Education Digest, 74(1), 59-64. Wong, H. K. (2002). Induction: the best form of professional development. Educational Leadership, 59(6), 52-54. Kagan, Kyle, & Scott’s Win-Win Discipline Strengths: This model has a very positive and set foundation for the students to follow; it also test and brings out the students full potential. Weaknesses: This model puts more emphasis on the students overcome negative attitudes and form positive skills and less emphasis on attaining actual knowledge. Quotes: “The single most comprehensive and effective classroom discipline program...
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