class Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/tag/class/ School Clinical & Consulting Services Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:55:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kevinplummerphd.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-KP-SCCS-900-1-75x75.png class Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/tag/class/ 32 32 Establishing Relationships With Students https://kevinplummerphd.com/establishing-relationships-with-students/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=establishing-relationships-with-students Sat, 20 Aug 2016 08:01:41 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=209 Students do much better academically and much better behaviorally when they have a positive relationship with their teacher. Teachers who were rated as more sensitive to student needs and had a more emotionally supportive and responsive relationship with their students, had a positive influence on the level of student aggression and the level of behavioral self-control.

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]]> The Hierarchy of Student Needs in the Classroom https://kevinplummerphd.com/the-hierarchy-of-student-needs-in-the-classroom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hierarchy-of-student-needs-in-the-classroom Sun, 14 Aug 2016 14:16:09 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=215 Students come to school to learn, we all know that. They are motivated to feel capable, competent, and knowledgeable. They want to be proud of what they know and what they can learn. Unfortunately, that is not the description of most students. Most students come to school with a range of unmet needs, more basic needs than the need to feel capable, competent, and knowledgeable.

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]]> Students come to school to learn, we all know that. They are motivated to feel capable, competent, and knowledgeable. They want to be proud of what they know and what they can learn. Unfortunately, that is not the description of most students. Most students come to school with a range of unmet needs, more basic needs than the need to feel capable, competent, and knowledgeable…

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]]> Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) https://kevinplummerphd.com/nonverbal-learning-disorder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nonverbal-learning-disorder Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:41:01 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=430 The NVLD student is easily lost, looking confused, after just getting started on an assignment, because of their poor ability to mental map and maintain a view of the "big picture" and understand the contribution of the parts that they are supposed to be working on.

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]]> The NVLD student is easily lost, looking confused, after just getting started on an assignment, because of their poor ability to mental map and maintain a view of the “big picture” and understand the contribution of the parts that they are supposed to be working on…

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]]> Micro Goal Programming https://kevinplummerphd.com/micro-goal-programming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=micro-goal-programming Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:26:55 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=222 It's easy for discouraged students to give up when the tasks they face seem like they will take too much effort, or too much time to accomplish, or too much skill that they lack. Most discouraged children have an abundance of experiences relating to failure and disappointment and they associate their efforts with poor results.

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]]> It’s easy for discouraged students to give up when the tasks they face seem like they will take too much effort, or too much time to accomplish, or too much skill that they lack. Most discouraged children have an abundance of experiences relating to failure and disappointment and they associate their efforts with poor results…

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]]> Community Building and Recognition-Based Classroom Management https://kevinplummerphd.com/community-building-and-recognition-based-classroom-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=community-building-and-recognition-based-classroom-management Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:11:55 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=167 Most people in education have long known that student academic competence requires more than academic skill proficiency. To benefit fully from the academic experience, students need sufficient interpersonal skills, and motivation.

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]]> Most people in education have long known that student academic competence requires more than academic skill proficiency. To benefit fully from the academic experience, students need sufficient interpersonal skills, and motivation. They need to be emotionally stable, feel competent and capable, and they need to be engaged…

Related Articles:
The Importance of Community   Values Recognition Program 
Shaping Identity  The Hierarchy of Student Needs 

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]]> Motivation Management – Student Motivation as an Academic Enabler for School Success https://kevinplummerphd.com/motivation-management-student-motivation-as-an-academic-enabler-for-school-success/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=motivation-management-student-motivation-as-an-academic-enabler-for-school-success Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:58:05 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=233 Most people in education have long known that student academic competence requires more than academic skill proficiency. To benefit fully from the academic experience, students need sufficient interpersonal skills and motivation.

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]]> Most people in education have long known that student academic competence requires more than academic skill proficiency. To benefit fully from the academic experience, students need sufficient interpersonal skills and motivation…

Also see: Micro Goal Programming

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