Evidence-Based Classroom Practices
Organizing the classroom furniture and materials by how it will support learning and classroom management.
Seating arrangement.
Classroom layout.
Physical structure.
The use of positivity to reframe negative circumstances in the present to improve brain performance and decision making.
The Happiness Advantage.
Positive Reframing.
To plan and select strategies and responses to behavior before or between occurrences.
Prevention.
Providing specific behavioral praise, rewards, or privileges for appropriate behavior.
Acknowledgement
Reinforcement.
The two most impactful factors on student learning from the research in Visible Learning by John Hattie.
Feedback
Student Teacher Relationships
The part of the brain where survival instincts drive our reactions.
Amygdala.
The predictable, procedures, patterns, and activities of the classroom.
Routines.
A quick effective way to relate and connect with someone with challenging behavior. (ENVA)
Empathize
Normalize
Validate
Ask questions
Surprise! Free points, but we do appreciate your participation and presence in the room.
This is a example of non-contingent reinforcement.
Brief, positively stated references for appropriate behavior for students and staff.
The first step for an adult before addressing student behavior.
Adult regulation.
Behavior
Planning for and providing moments for variety and differentiation in how students respond to instruction or demonstrate comprehension.
Opportunities to Respond (OTR)
Engagement Strategies.
The values, experiences, beliefs, achievement, customs, art, and institutions of a social group, people, or nation.
Culture.
The part of the brain that drives reasoning, effective decision making, organizing, planning, and learning.
What is the prefrontal cortex?