 Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg did research determining that children think

and learn concretely.

 Children’s beliefs are determined by what they experience with their senses. What they
see, hear, touch and feel.
 Actions define your rules, not your words.
 They simplify life
 Provide information children need to cooperate and get along
 Answers research questions children ask about how their world works
 What’s okay, and what’s not okay
 Who’s in control? How far can I go? What if I go to far?
 Easy or flexible-40%
 Difficult or feisty-10%
 Cautious or slow-to-warm up-15%
 Fence sitters (could go either way)-35%
 WILL test your limits
 Require hard data
 Do their learning the hard way
 Need to experience consequences repeatedly before they will accept our rules

 Actions, actions, actions! Give clear and just consequences for actions, and follow
through consistently.
 Permissive (respectful but not firm)
 Rely heavily on words
 Plead and beg for cooperation
 Allow students to treat you
disrespectfully
 Punitive (firm but not respectful)
 Power struggle
 Democratic (respectful and firm)
 Shaming and blaming students
 Taking away privileges for weeks or
months at a time
 Mixed Approach (neither respectful or
firm)
 Ignoring disruption for several days, then
take away recess the next day
 Allowing late work for some students but
not others
 Ignoring, warning, giving second
chances, then punishing
 Require students to be responsible
 Give reasonable consequences
 Suspend privileges temporarily