The Wongs believe that one of the most important factor affecting student’s learning is the way teachers manage the classroom. Therefore, the applications used by the teacher should be clarification, script what teacher will say, write out procedures for all students, and have students practice these procedures. Furthermore, there are three simple steps that the teacher can follow to ensure that students follow procedures automatically; explanation, demonstration, and practice. The Wongs believe that it is of crucial importance that teachers spend the first two week of classes to teach procedures that will become routine throughout the school year. Management of procedures is essential in effective teaching because if students are prepared to do what is expected without surprise, then they do not have a chance to misbehave. Shorter assignments, intersperse questions, teacher-made tests, and frequent tests increases student performance, which is also indicates the teacher’s effectiveness. All of these procedures concentrate on teachers making them responsible for the student’s success, which in my opinion is not wrong at all; however, these …show more content…
Fred Jones is not a teacher, but he is an independent consultant in teaching and classroom management. His techniques focus more on motivation, instruction, and self-discipline. Dr. Jones’s philosophy in classroom management involves keeping the student actively and purposefully involved in the class, so that not time is waste goofing around. He suggests that students waste time 95% of the time because they are passive, teachers’ lessons can be aimlessness, helpless hand raising, and ineffective nagging. Dr. Jones would recommend these ten steps to become an effective teacher and stop students from wasting time in the