Positive Classroom Environment

2009-09-28

Students learn best in a positive classroom environment.  Here are some simple things you can do to provide a positive environment.

• Provide praise and compliments.
• Encourage students when they have difficulty.
• Pay attention to each student as an individual.
• Maintain eye contact with a pleasant facial expression.
• Speak in a pleasant voice.
• Make your classroom student-centered rather than teacher-centered.
• Communicate positive expectations that are reasonable and realistic.

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