Reviews From the Back Cover Key Benefit: This best-selling book provides a comprehensive, yet concise guide to classroom management incorporating the essential features of classroom organization, management and discipline. It offers practical "how to" information developed from extensive research in the field (over 500 classrooms), to help teachers think through and establish effective classroom management systems. Key Topics: The content is organized so that it can be readily applied by new teachers to their own classrooms. The book addresses the planning decisions teachers must make as they are encountered in the typical classroom: Arranging the physical space, choosing rules and procedures, planning and conducting instruction, maintaining appropriate behavior, using good communication skills, addressing problem behavior, and managing special groups. All the examples and cases are at the elementary level. Market: For elementary education instructors.