Jacob Kounin

Classroom Management

Presented by:

Courtney Manigrassi

Kelly Reid

Carolyn Testa

Who is Jacob Kounin?

• Classroom management theorist

• His goal was to integrate instruction and discipline in the classroom

• Most known for his two studies in the 1970’s

• Main focus was preventative discipline

How it all started…

Ripple Effect

Preventative Discipline

• Kounin believed that successful classroom management relied on teachers ability to organize and plan their lessons while using proactive behavior and high student involvement.

HOW?

5 Strategies – Lesson Movement

• Withitness• Overlapping• Momentum• Smoothness• Group Focus

Withitness

• Eyes in the back of your head

• Acknowledging misbehavior before it escalates

• Being aware• It’s important for the

students to think you know what is going on, even if you don’t

Overlapping

• Teachers ability to handle two situations at one time

Momentum

• Ability to keep the lesson moving swiftly and on track.

• “Rolling with the punches”

Smoothness

• Also keeping the lesson on track by avoiding– Tangents– Dangles– Irrelevant information or

incidents– “flip flops”

Group Focus

• Encourage Accountability– Checklists– Task cards

• Create suspense & interest in lesson

Conclusion

• Children can misbehave despite what strategies are used

• Most effective if applied in the beginning of the school year

• Especially important for first year teachers

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