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Classroom Management

Cooperative learning can be a powerful tool for energizing a classroom, motivating students, and raising achievement. However, it’s not always easy to get kids to work together effectively. After a particularly chaotic lesson, you might even get so frustrated that you’re tempted to give up completely and assign seat work for the rest of the year! If you feel this way, don’t give up just yet…

One of the keys to a caring classroom is encouraging students to act kind and helpful toward each other. And not just encouraging it but demonstrating it yourself — in…