Resources for classroom management

Classroom incivility is any behavior that interferes with the teaching and learning atmosphere in the classroom. Uncivil student behavior not only disrupts and negatively effects the overall classroom environment, it contributes to faculty stress and discontent.

Here are some resources to help faculty members decide which classroom-management approach best fits their own particular teaching contexts and philosophies.

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Bob Boice, Emertis, SUNY Stoneybrook

Reflections on Bob Boice’s “Classroom Incivilities” Opens in new window

Martha Hannah, Associate Professor of History, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Jean C. Florman, Center for Teaching, University of Iowa

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Drs. Richard M. Felder and Rebecca Brent

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Penn State Senate Committee on Student Life

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Dr. Delaney R. Kirk