Remember to evaluate the Internet sources for relevancy and scholarship. What is the date of publication? Is the information from a refereed or a nonrefereed journal? (In a refereed journal, articles are reviewed by a panel of experts in the field and must follow specific research guidelines.) Does the author present information from a personal point of view and/or a variety of points of view? Is the information accurate, unbiased, and evidence-based? Does the source add to your knowledge base?

Group Dynamics, Behavior Shaping, Lesson and Group Management, Congruent Communication, Democratic Teaching, and Assertive Discipline

Use the questions, Web sites below, and other credible resources to further investigate and reflect on critical topics in this chapter. Discuss them with interested individuals in your setting or with a small group in an electronic Chat Room.

1. How does group dynamics theory provide background information for cooperative learning?

2. Behavior modification is used regularly for dealing with the challenges of Neurological Based Behavior (NBB). What can be learned from the other concepts developed by the other pioneers in this chapter for dealing with NBB?

3. What are current theories and methodologies that apply Kounin's theory on lesson management (e.g. Project-based learning, scaffolding, graphic-organizers))? What are some lesson design and/or management examples to remember?

4. Communication is a skill that constantly needs nurturing. What are some congruent communication skills, related to the classroom, that you want to develop further?

5. What are the responsibilities that educators have to guide learning about democratic values? How are these values currently being taught in your setting? What are additional strategies for learning and teaching democracy?

6. Assertive discipline outlines student and teacher rights as reasons to use assertive responses to students. Besides the right to learn, what other student and teacher rights may impact how educators interact with students? How do students and teachers learn about these rights?

Group Dynamics

http://www.co-operation.org/ - The Web site of Roger and David Johnson provides many resources on cooperative learning.

http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/ - The Group Dynamics resources Web site is maintained by Donelson Forsyth at the University of Richmond.

http://www.managementhelp.org/grp_skll/theory/theory.htm - This Web site maintained by the Free Management Library provides information on team/group development for organizations.
http://www.jigsaw.org/ - The jigsaw technique is a cooperative learning strategy. This Web site is hosted by the Social Psychology Network for Eliot Aronson, Professor Emeritus at the University of California in Santa Cruz, and developer of the technique.

http://www.nelliemuller.com/Icebreaking.activities.and.group.dynmamics.htm - Nellie Muller English Academy has many resources related to group dynamics, including icebreakers on this page.

Behavior Shaping

http://www.bfskinner.org/ - The B. F. Skinner Foundation maintains resources about behavioral science.

http://www.latitudes.org/behavioral_charts.html - Latitudes is a quarterly publication of the Association for Comprehensive NeuroTherapy (ACN). This page is about behavior modification for school and home.

http://www.ldonline.org/article/6030 - This article by N. Mather and Sam Goldstein (2001) is called Behavior Modification in the Classroom. It on the Web site for Learning Disabilities Online.

Lesson and Group Management

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/keystage3/downloads/sec_pptl044304u20classmanage.pdf - This PDF file was written in the United Kingdom for secondary schools. The title of the article is Creating Conditions for Learning Pedagogy and Practice: Classroom Management.

http://www.edutopia.org/php/keyword.php?id=037 - Project-based learning is one example of applying Kounin's theory on improving discipline through lesson management. This page on Edutopia's Web site describes project-based learning.

http://www.edutopia.org/modules/PBL/index.php - Project-based learning is one example of applying Kounin's theory on improving discipline through lesson management. This page on Edutopia's Web site also describes project-based learning.

Congruent Communication

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11834238_ITM - An article on classroom management in the middle school by Katherine Bucher and Lee Manning can be accessed from this Web site. Bucher and Manning have written about Ginott's congruent communication also.

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11834239_ITM - A 2005 article about congruent communication in the classroom.

http://conflict911.com/guestconflict/angercongruence.htm - This Web site has information on anger management and the influence of incongruent communication on anger.

Democratic Teaching

http://www.civiced.org/index.php - The mission of the Center for Civic Education is to promote an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries.

http://www.adleriansociety.co.uk/phdi/p3.nsf/supppages/0939?opendocument&part=7 - The Adlerian Society provides many resources on Rudolph Dreikurs and Alfred Adler.

http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/democratic/front_democratic.htm - The New Horizons for Learning Web site has several links to articles on democratic classrooms on this page. (The nonprofit service of New Horizons for Learning retired in September 2006, but the Web site has found a new home on Digital Learning Commons.)

http://www.servicelearning.org/resources/quick_guides/dem_classrooms/ - The Web site is hosted by the National Service Learning Clearinghouse. This page discusses democratic classrooms.

Assertive Discipline

http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/AssertiveDiscipline.html - Assertive Discipline is described and resources are provided by Dr. Tom McIntyre a Professor of Special Education and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Behavior Disorders at Hunter College of the City University of New York. His Web site http://www.behavioradvisor.com/ contains other resources on behavior management.

http://campus.dyc.edu/~drwaltz/FoundLearnTheory/FLT_readings/Canter.htm - Assertive Discipline is described by Professor Waltz at D'Youville College in Buffalo New York.

http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_stud.html - What does the U.S. Constitution say about student rights? (The U.S. Constitution Online provides resources to educators.)