Fifty percent of teachers report spending more time managing classroom behavior than
educating (Beaman and Wheldall, 1997; Beaman, Wheldall, and Kemp, 2010). The challenge for
teachers is to manage the plethora of variables including, but not limited to, class size, ethnicity
issues, student behavior, language differences, and even student medications. Educational
psychology provides teachers with variant classroom management strategies and techniques to
create an effective environment for teaching and for learning.
For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the variables that can
promote or inhibit classroom management.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 3 an explanation of at least three factors related to an effective classroom learning
environment. Then explain at least one factor that can work against an effective environment.
Finally, analyze one way educational psychology might inform the learning environment. Be
specific and support your answers with the Learning Resources and current literature.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the readings below.
Readings
Article: Brophy, J. (1998). Classroom management as socializing students into clearly articulated
roles. Journal of Classroom Interaction, 33(1), 41–45.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Education Research Complete database.
Article: Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA. (2011). Implementing response to
interventions in context. Retrieved from http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/implementingrti.pdf
Article: Ducharme, J. M., & Shecter, C. (2011). Bridging the gap between clinical and classroom
intervention: Keystone approaches for students with challenging behavior. School Psychology Review, 40(2), 257–274.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Education Research Complete database.
Article: Marks, D. B. (2010). Preservice teachers’ perceptions of classroom management
instruction: Theory to practice. National Teacher Education Journal, 3(2), 179–201.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Education Research Complete database.
Article: Marzano, R. J., & Marzano, J. S. (2003). The key to classroom management. Educational Leadership, 61(1), 6–13.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Educational Research Complete database.
Article: Rosas, C., & West, M. (2009). Teachers beliefs about classroom management: Preservice and inservice teachers’ beliefs about classroom management. International Journal of
Applied Educational Studies, 5(1), 54–61.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Education Research Complete database.
