MI Chapt 8

Chapter 8 looks at MI and classroom management. One of the methods suggested for getting students attention is to use a different type of cue instead of trying to scream or yell to the students. Some of the examples were to use pictures, taped animal noises or to make certain gestures, or play a type of music. There alternate cues can also be used for transition times in the classroom. When managing behavior there is no one it all method. Teaching each student is different in this area and the teacher need to try different things from different MI;s until an effective method is found.
For the most part at the higher level students don't want to have a teacher focus on them in a negative way. If this occurs they want the attention off of them so they go back to work in hopes that the teacher will go away. When the time comes to take the next step we hadn't thought of doing it in a way that included different MI's. Instead of focusing on the negative the MI methods focus on channeling the energy so that the student can see what they are doing wrong and fix their behavior themselves.