Teaching Problem Students

This uniquely practical resource and text focuses on how teachers and school practitioners can improve the academic skills, attitudes, and coping abilities of students with behavior and adjustment problems. Presented are findings from the Classroom Strategy Study, which identifies widely used classroom management strategies that work--and those that don't work--for addressing a wide range of specific challenges in the elementary and middle grades. Integrating his own research with the relevant developmental and educational psychology literature, Jere Brophy provides detailed guidance for meeting the needs of individual students while maintaining an effective, supportive learning environment for the whole class.

Jere Brophy, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor of Teacher Education and formerly Codirector of the Institute for Research on Teaching at Michigan State University, East Lansing. He has published widely on teacher expectations, teacher effectiveness, classroom management, student motivation, and other topics in educational psychology and research on teaching.