Posts belonging to Category Managing Behavior
Posted by Chip on October 31, 2011
Thanks to all the wonderful people at Responsive Classroom, you’re now seeing a new-year, new-decade look for my blog, Yardsticks4-14.com. You’ll find that it’s now easier to post and find comments from other readers on any topic of interest related to child development, parenting, teaching, school, and educational issues. It’s also now easier to be [...]
Categories: Children's Positive Attributes, Managing Behavior, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: behavior challenges, children's positive attributes, children's strengths, understanding children, what's normal for my child | 
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Posted by Chip on October 24, 2011
The October issue of Kappan has a terrific article by Ross Greene about his approach called “Collaborative Problem Solving” with students in ways that help them participate in the solution to problems of their own making or to strategize about tough situations they may find themselves in at school. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a [...]
Categories: Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Babs Freeman-Loftis, Caltha Crowe, challenging behaviors, collaborative problem solving, discipline, Ross Greene, Ruth Sidney Charney | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on October 29, 2010
On the Edutopia blog, Ann OBrien has an excellent post about the importance of civic education. Have a look and share your thoughts! JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click “Post a Comment” or the word “Comments” below the entry [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Education Reform, Managing Behavior |
Tags: Ann Obrien, civic education, civics, democracy, Edutopia, practicing democracy, teaching democracy | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on October 13, 2010
A long time ago, so long ago that I can’t remember whether I was in 6th or 8th grade, everyone in our class was required to memorize and recite Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Some fifty-plus years later, while I must confess I can no longer recite the entire address from memory, certain parts are forever etched [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Education Reform, Managing Behavior |
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Building Relationships & Community, Education Reform, Gettysburg Address, global leadership, government by the people, Managing Behavior, practicing democracy, teaching democracy | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on July 8, 2010
A number of studies in early childhood classrooms have documented that “self-regulation predicts academic performance in first grade, over and above cognitive skills and family background.” (Examples of these studies: Blair, 2002; Farran, 2010; McClelland, M. M.; Piccinin, A., & Stallings, M. C., 2010; Raver & Knitzer, 2002). JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question [...]
Categories: Education Reform, Managing Behavior, Social & Emotional Learning, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: bullying, Developmental Designs, Developmental Studies Center, Managing Behavior, Open Circle, Responsive Classroom approach, social-emotional development, social-emotional learning, Tools of the Mind | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on May 11, 2010
Standing up with self-control is the final of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, assertion, responsibility and empathy. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Responsive Classroom approach, self-control, social skills, social-emotional learning | 1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on May 5, 2010
As reported by the Boston Globe, on May 4, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick signed into law one of the most comprehensive antibullying measures ever passed. The family of 11-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, who killed himself in April 2009 after extensive bullying, attended the signing, as did a group of teenagers who advocated for a statewide [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, cooperation, empathy, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Responsive Classroom approach, social skills, social-emotional learning | 1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on April 28, 2010
Responsibility is one of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, assertion, empathy, and self-control. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, Children's Positive Attributes, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, responsibillity, Responsive Classroom approach, social skills, social-emotional learning | Post a Comment »
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