Deema Othman EDU502

2016201174 Teaching & Learning

Classroom Management & Motivation

Students academic performance and progress requires high demands of effective classroom
management and motivation along with each other. Classroom Management reflects the
overall attitude and order in the class.
Motivation comes from the word motive which means What the individuals need or desire
in which they drive his/her behavior. Motivation is the process of stimulating people in order
to achieve certain goals. In classroom, it is the usage of different rewarding systems to
achieve the required task or behavior.

In every grade level, students are expected to act and follow certain rules and procedures.
When it comes to motivation, students are also aware of certain acts and tasks that they get
rewarded or punished for. Younger students, such as KG students are reminded to follow
rules as this is the first stage of school and the need for and their motivation is usually little
things like stickers and candy, and toys. Moving up to upper grades, like elementary and
middle school students, the rules can be altered more or less and even created by the students
themselves in order for them to have more commitment to what they have said. Motivation or
rewarding for upper grades students is different from younger students, they can get rewards
that match their level of thinking and what they desire. Effective classroom management
needs to set clear rule, procedures, consequences, and taking action when needed weather
positive or negative in order to let the students believe that those rules are applicable and a
must to follow.
As teachers, we are expected to follow a certain yearly plan with a certain time limit. Hence,
classroom management is crucial in order to maintain a safe and effective environment for
the class flow. Teachers must take the time to get to know their students in order to determine
the best way that pushes them to excel.

Over the past four years, I have taught different grade levels and ages starting from first
graders, moving to fourth graders, and ending now by teaching Middle/High school student. I
have witnessed and experienced different class attitudes and behavior, for each grade level
there must be, for sure, a set of class rules and procedures that facilitate the classroom
management, however, the way it is applied with younger students is definitely different from
the way it is applied with elders and adults, and its the same case for motivation. Hence,
teachers need to understand the psychological aspects of each grade level they teach in order
to have a better understanding and application to the methods that suit each level to get the
best learning outcomes.