Chapter one

YouTube - COMMUNICATION PROBLEM!!!

Positive classroom*Open rather than defensiveness

* Confidence rather than fear

* Acceptance rather than rejection

*Trust rather than suspicion

*Belonging rather than alienation

*Order rather than chaos

*Control rather than frustration

*High expectations rather than low expectations

*Everyone makes mistakes

Classroom Climate~Challenge

~FREEDOM

~Respect

~Warmth~Control~SUCCESS

Positive Stimuli

Student response

Immediate feedback

Student selection

Treat students as a person

Student Success= delight

How to Give Positive Feedback

Be redundant

Ask for feedback

Make sure that feedback is helpful

Address behavior

Describe feelings

Students with Special Needs

MemoryVisual-auditory discriminationVisual-auditory associationPerceptual- motor skillsVerbal ExpressionClosure-generalizationAttending

Do & Don’t

DooTreat them like any other studentoLet them tell you what they want and if they need somethingoHelp them get the answer, do not give it to themoHave a special sign that you know that the students know the answer

Don’t*Do not talk to them as if they cannot talk*Do not talk down to them*Do not just think because they have a disability they do not know the answer *Do not point them out. It makes them feel like an outcast*Do not call them handicap. Think before you talk, calling them handicap is rude

oBe cheerleadersBe positive Use motivation strategiesEnhance self-conceptsEnsure successful experiences

oCreate a warm, inviting learning environmentoBe firm, consistent, and fairing classroom managementoConsider the total student (mental, physical, and emotional)

Learning environment

MOTIVATING STUDENTS

Essential Preconditiono Supportive environmento Appropriate level of challenge/difficultyo Meaningful learning objectivesoAdapt tasks to students’ interestsoAllow opportunities to make choices or autonomous decisionoProvide immediate feedback to student responseoProvide opportunities to interact with peer

Motivating Students cont..

Stimulating student motivation to learnoMinimize students’ performance anxiety during learning activitiesoProject enthusiasmoMakes abstract content more personal, concrete, or familiaroInduce students to generate their own motivation to learnoState learning objectives and provide advanced organizers