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. 1975 Winter;8(4):421–433. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1975.8-421

Role playing to train elementary teachers to use a classroom management “skill package”1

Fredric H Jones 1, Robert C Eimers 1
PMCID: PMC1311875  PMID: 16795507

Abstract

Two teachers who led regular third-grade classrooms in a suburban elementary school were trained via role-playing to use a broad range of social skills in dealing with group behavioral management in the classroom. Teacher training reduced disruptive student behavior during both seat work and group discussions in both classrooms. A measure of student productivity during arithmetic period in one classroom showed significant gains in arithmetic problems correct per day for the middle and bottom thirds of the class, with the bottom third increasing by 76%.

Keywords: classroom management, role playing, disruptive behavior, academic behavior, teacher training

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