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    Chapter 7 : Discipline Through Active Student Involvement
    Web Links
    Web addresses change regularly. The following links were active in January 2007.

    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?
    Increasing Learning Time, Visual Instruction Plans, Class Agreements, Responsibility Training

    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 would you describe a classroom where time is frequently "wasted" (not used well for learning)? How would you describe a classroom where time is generally used appropriately for meaningful learning? What accounts for the differences?

    2. What are some examples of classroom structures (room arrangements, class agreements, class jobs, and opening routines) that can increase meaningful learning time?

    3. Think about the age level of the students you teach or hope to teach. How does a responsible student of this age look and sound? How might students of this age learn to value taking responsibility for their own actions and learning?

    4. What specific graphic charts or models could be posted in the classroom to support self-responsibility for actions and learning?

    http://www.fredjones.com/ - Fred Jones's Web site provides a free Study Group Activity Guide intended to be used with The Video Toolbox in small groups of teachers.

    http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.chapter/menuitem.b71d101a2f7c208cdeb3ffdb62108a0c/
    ?chapterMgmtId=566844dbdecaff00VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD     - The Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) provides a study guide on Managing Time and Space, Student Behavior, and Instructional Strategies.

    http://www.ourschoolfamily.com/Routines.htm - Dr. Becky Bailey provides ideas for classroom routines.

    http://www.classroomtoolkit.com/instructional-management.html - The Classroom Toolkit has resources for thematic units, graphic organizers, higher order questioning skills, etc.

    http://www.internet4classrooms.com/classroom_organization.htm - This Internet 4 Classrooms Web page provides many links to classroom organization and workstation ideas

    Visual Instruction Plans

    http://www.learning-styles-online.com/style/visual-spatial/ - Learning-Styles-Online provides information on visual learning styles with this link.

    http://www.studygs.net/visual.htm - The Study Guides and Strategies Web site is authored, developed and maintained by Joe Landsberger as an educational public service. This link provides guides and strategies for visual learning.

    Class Agreements

    http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/responsiveclassroom/responsiveclassroom007.shtml - This Education World link provides an article by Michele Cunningham on classroom rules.

    http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson274.shtml - Education World provides an article by Gary Hopkins about strategies for developing classroom contracts.

    http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones002.shtml - Education World provides an article by Fred Jones about rules, routines, and standards.

    http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/newsletter/15_2NL_1.asp - The link on the Responsive Classroom Web site provides suggestions for learning and practicing classroom rules.

    Responsibility Training

    http://k6educators.about.com/b/a/104389.htm - The About Elementary Educators Web link gives ideas for teaching responsibility through classroom jobs.

    http://catalyst.washington.edu/help/teaching_guides/responsibility.html - This Web link sponsored by Catalyst at the University of Washington provides resources to encourage responsibility for learning.

    http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC596/Units/Respon/Responsibility.html - This Web link has a thematic unit on responsibility intended for Grades 8-12 designed by a team of student teachers at San Diego State University.

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