Training Teachers in Classroom Management: An Experimental Study in Secondary School Classrooms

The purpose of this study was threefold: (a) to validate principles of classroom organization and management shown in correlational research to be related to management effectiveness in secondary classrooms; (b) to determine if school district personnel could deliver teacher workshops and collect data on implementation of the principles; and (c) to assess whether training in classroom management techniques would provide additional skills to teachers who had already been trained in a statewide instructional skills program. Results indicated that training and observations could be done by district personnel, and the trained group exceeded the control group on both management skills and student task engagement.