At issue: classroom management and safety, an annotated bibliography

Community College Enterprise, The, Spring 2008 by Pricer, Wayne F

Classroom Management Strategies, Riverside Community College: http://www.4faculty.org/includes/108r2.jsp

The site contains a chart of 15 strategies for dealing with problem behavior. The chart includes such topics as: a) undermining the instructor's authority, b) leaving class too frequently, c) spacing out or sitting with back to the instructor, d) poor hygiene, e) verbal or physical threats, f) gum, food, pagers and cell phone disruptions, g) monopolizing discussions, h) sleeping in class, i) repeated tardiness, j) refusal to participate or speak, k) sexual innuendo, flirting or other inappropriate suggestions, l) sharing/ copying work, m) plagiarism or lying, n) too much chit chat, and o) disrespectful behavior.

College Classroom Management Strategies and Techniques Site, Manatee Community College: http://www.mccfl.edu/ pages/1389.asp

The site contains a collection of resources including strategies and techniques to help address student behavior problems in the classroom.

Dealing with Difficult Students, Queens University, Canada:

http://www.queensu.ca/ctl/goodpractice/help/dealing_difficult. html

The site uses a chart to identify and illustrate problem behavior types and then offers strategies to deal with problem types of behavior. The behavior types identified include: a) the advisor, b) the attacker, c) the bragger, d) the bully, e) the dictator, f) the doubting Thomas, g) the drop out, h) everyone talks at once, i) the griper, j) the head shaker, k) the interrupter, 1) the joker, m) the know it all, n) the late comers, o) the loudmouth, p) the playboy/playgirl, q) the preacher, r) the silent type, s) the teacher's pet, and t) the whisperers.

Dealing with Difficult Students, University of Oregon, Teaching Effectiveness Program:

http://tep.uoregon.edu/pdf/dealing_difficult_students.pdf

An extensive article offering strategies on dealing with difficult students. Article also contains a handout with 3-page webliography.

Dealing with Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom, Illinois State University, Center for Teaching Learning and Technology:

http://www.cat.ilstu.edu/resources/teachTopics/disBehav.php

The site offers thirteen strategies to deal with disruptive behavior. It also offers seven preemptive strategies to prevent disruptive behavior from occurring in the classroom.

Dealing with Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom, Illinois State University, CIRTL Diversity Institute Resource Handbook, McKinney, Kathleen.:

http://www.cirtl.net/DiversityResources/resources/resourcebook/addressings tudentsneeds.htm

Dealing with Problem Students, Eastern Kentucky University, Teaching & Learning Center:

http://tlc.eku.edu/tips/problem_students/

The site contains a listing of thirteen sites dealing with problem behaviors. These behaviors include; a) grade disputes, b) student expectations, c) unprepared students, d) disruptive students, e) monopolizing of class time, f) test anxiety, g) students in distress and h) withdrawing behaviors.

Dealing with Troublesome Behaviors in the Classroom. Sorcinelli, Mary Deane. Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan, http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/ DealingTroublesomeBehaviors.pdf