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Effective procedural and control talk

17 May, 2016 - 15:46
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In addition to communicating about content, teachers need to communicate procedures and expectations about appropriate classroom behavior. In Classroom management and the learning environment we described quite a few ways to communicate with students about these matters, though, in that chapter we did not refer to them as methods of communication, but as methods of classroom management, of creating a positive learning environment, and of resolving conflicts in the class. Table 8.2 summarizes several of the major strategies described in that chapter.) By framing communication in these ways, we called attention to their importance as forms of communication. As we pointed out, procedural talk and control talk matter are used in teaching simply because clear procedures and appropriate classroom behavior are necessary students are to learn.