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Phoenix61

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9. Punishment doesn't work. Behavior modification on the other

Sat May 7, 2022, 02:59 PM

May 2022

hand is highly effective. Good classroom management techniques employ clear consequences, positive and negative, for student behaviors. Earn all your points for the week and you get to pick from the treasure box. Interrupt class effectively stealing learning time from your classmates and you pay that back with your recess time. Personally, I think they need more breaks during the day to run. When I was in school we had 3 recesses, Morning, after lunch, and afternoon. They weren’t long but they sure were fun. They also gave the teacher 3 carrots a day to keep the class on track.

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Teachers often cancel recess as a punishment. A growing number of states want to change that. [View all] Jilly_in_VA May 2022 OP

Not allowed in Virginia Beach public schools rainy May 2022 #1

For all those who want to get rid of sitting out recess and Phoenix61 May 2022 #2

My thoughts as well. There need to be punishment options Amishman May 2022 #5

Are you implying that the punishment changes behavior? vanlassie May 2022 #7

It's an old outdated idea which is why the same kids are always in detention Buckeyeblue May 2022 #8

Punishment doesn't work. Behavior modification on the other Phoenix61 May 2022 #9

The nun used to lock kids in the classroom over lunch in the dark if they were bad. n/t Peregrine Took May 2022 #3

I suspect that was not the case in middle school. Ilsa May 2022 #11

Districts around here treat it as response-to-intervention time. Igel May 2022 #4

So in other words Jilly_in_VA May 2022 #6

I went to school in the 60's and we had 3 recesses in k-4. Phoenix61 May 2022 #10

Agreed Jilly_in_VA May 2022 #12