When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students in the classroom, they typically respond by focusing on the negative behavior. When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students ...

This study investigated the relationship between a teacher’s praise-to-reprimand ratio (PPR) and on-task behavior among his or her students. Researchers, led by Dr. Paul Caldarella from the David O.

One of the most vexing dilemmas for teachers is finding the best way to respond to students who misbehave. Experts argue over whether the best classroom-management approach is a consistent, strict ...

Disruptive classroom behavior or failing to meet reasonable behavioral expectations set forth by instructors have the potential to harm the learning environment for other students and to create unsafe ...

Teachers are used to dealing with the occasional class clown—but what happens when most of the class requires that level of handling? Classroom disruptions and poor behavior have been on the rise, ...

Millions of classrooms throughout the U.S. and internationally have begun adopting computerized apps (e.g., ClassDojo) to provide students with rewards and punishments as a part of classroom ...

Teachers and educators across the country are having to deal with more behavioral challenges in the classroom than ever before, all of which cause a variety of obstacles toward creating and ...

The number of times a teacher compliments or recognizes a student’s good behavior, compared to how often the teacher reprimands the student, the more likely that student is going to stay focused on ...

Student behavior in the classroom is not improving, and teachers want parents to do more. An Education Week survey released this month found 64 percent of teachers reporting classroom behavior has ...