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__** 5 Teachers know how to manage a classroom **__ The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.

Evidence 5: [|Introduction to Population - SMART Notebook]

Rationale 5: Introduction to Population is a presentation created in SMART Notebook that involves using the SMART Response clickers to engage students in the lesson. As 8th grade begins its year in studying global issues, we always start by looking at the world’s current population. This introduction uses the clickers to ask students what they think is the current population of the world. It then moves into looking at a site that shows the growing world population. It is followed by a link to the youtube video called “Did You Know?” which poses some information on our growing and changing world population. The lesson concludes asking students for their thoughts on what they were exposed to in the video.

Student engagement is usually higher when students have a background experience to connect with their learning. It is easier to provide all students with a common experience to use as background, which this introduction to population provided. When students have more purpose to their learning because they can relate it to something, they are more engaged and therefore well behaved and focused. Finding the world’s population and watching the Did You Know? video gives them that common experience for purposeful learning.

Providing introductions that require student participation was good practice in discipline prevention. I have learned that purposeful engagement is the best form of classroom management. When students are invested in what they are learning because it is active and relates to them, they have not need or desire to misbehave or miss class. Not only does it prevent behavior problems, but a well-managed and engaging classroom increases student achievement because they spend more time on task and what to learn more.

KSD 5.K.4 The teacher understands the principles of effective classroom management and can use a range of strategies to promote routines and positive relationships, cooperation, and purposeful learning in the classroom. the resources of time, space, activities, and attention to provide active and equitable engagement of students in productive tasks.

The Introduction to Population lesson provided for effective management of the classroom by altering strategies and giving everyone a voice. Using the clickers to answer a question right away got everyone involved in class and gave them an interest in what was happening. But, then the lesson altered to some delivery of information, so students had to listen. Following the video, then the students get to voice their opinions and listen as they shared thoughts with their peers.

5.S.1 The teacher creates a smoothly functioning learning community in which students assume responsibility for themselves and one another, participate in decision making, work collaboratively and independently, and engage in purposeful learning activities.

Determining the population of the world and seeing the effects of its growth and the accomplishments of it people through the Did You Know? video provided a purposeful learning opportunity for students to see the bigger picture they are apart of in our world. The cooperative and independent work that followed this introduction went more smoothly because of the development of inquiry and responsibility for learning created by the introduction.

5.D.2 The teacher understands how participation supports commitment, and is committed to the expression and use of democratic values in the classroom.

Students value opportunities to voice their opinions and knowledge. This Introduction to Population using the SMART Response system allowed everyone’s voice to be represented. This participation hooked the students into the unit and provided for commitment to completing the classroom activities put forth for the rest of the unit.