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This book provides a theoretically-based but practical system for helping Each chapter carefully lays out a set of management principles to allow teachers to acquire a valuable array of non-coercive strategies to prevent, cope with, and solving classroom management problems. Real-life case studies appear throughout the book and provide concrete illustrations of actual classroom issues and problems and examples of the types of decisions teachers may make to enhance the opportunities for their students to learn. A programmatic presentation of decision-making steps shows teachers how to approach each particular classroom management situation and choose from a range of options how best to handle a variety of problems. A variety of theoretical perspectives, each fleshed out with cases taken from actual classrooms, give students many choices in how to handle issues that may arise in their own classrooms. An Appendix, Discipline Problem Analysis Inventory, gives teachers a handy overview of what to look for in assessing classroom problems and guidelines for addressing these effectively. Market: For anyone interested in Classroom Management.