classroom discipline

Behavioral expectations enforced

Classroom discipline is the maintenance of order and appropriate behavior in educational settings.

It encompasses both the rules and expectations teachers establish and the methods used to enforce them: The school adopted a new approach to classroom discipline that emphasized positive reinforcement.

The term can also refer to students' self-control and focus: Her classroom discipline was excellent—she never disrupted lessons.

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time-out · seating arrangements · positive reinforcement · behaviorism · restorative justice · redirection · reward systems · visual cues · de-escalation techniques · hall pass · relationship building · peer mediation · conflict resolution · expectations · detention · routines · morning meeting

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Opposites
order vs. disorder

classroom disciplinepandemonium

State of utter confusion

unruliness · anarchy · mayhem · bedlam · rowdiness

pedagogical approach

classroom disciplinepermissiveness

Tolerance of behavior others forbid

open classroom · non-intervention · indulgence · leniency · progressive education

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classroom, classrooms, class, classes, classed, classing, classmate, classify, classification

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