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  • Amada, Gerald. 1999. Coping with Misconduct in the College Classroom: A Practical Model. Asheville, NC: College Administration Publications.
    A brief book but comprehensive book by a prominent consultant on student misconduct.
  • Boice, R. 1996. Classroom incivilities. Research in Higher Education, 374. Reprinted in K.A. Feldman & M.B. Paulson Eds.. 1998 Teaching and Learning in the College Classroom 2nd ed.. pp 347-369. Needham Heights, MA: Simon & Schuster.
    Summarizes a five-year study on classroom incivility.
  • Boice, R. 1996. First-Order Principles for College Teachers. Anker Publishing. The first of the "Ten Basic Ways to Improve the Teaching Process" is "Moderate Classroom Incivilities with Prosocial Immediacies."
  • Boice, R. 2000. Moderating Classroom Incivilities, p. 81-97 In Advice for New Faculty Members, Allyn and Bacon.
  • Braxton, John M. and Alan E. Bayer (ed). 2004. Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties. New Directions for Teaching and Learning 99. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
  • Carbone, E. 1999. Students behaving badly in large classes. In S.M. Richardson Ed.. Promoting Civility: A Teaching Challenge. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Vol. 77. pp. 35-43. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
    The introduction states "By adopting interactive methods and being sensitive to students' concerns, teachers can minimize uncivil behavior even in the largest classes."
  • Eble, K.E. 1988. Cheating, confrontations, and other situations. In K.E. Eble, The Craft of Teaching. Second ed., pp. 164-180. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
    Covers a lot of ground in a few pages.
  • Kuhlenschmidt, Sally L. and Lois E. Layne. Strategies for dealing with difficult behavior. p. 45 - 57 In Steven M. Richardson, Ed. 1999. Promoting Civility: A Teaching Challenge. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Vol. 77. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
    Both authors are psychologists, and the chapter suggests a "problem-solving strategy for dealing with disruptive student behavior, based on clinical and classroom experience."
  • Lim, C., Pek, M., & Chai, C. (2005). Classroom Management Issues in ICT-Mediated Learning Environments: Back to the Basics. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. 14 (4), pp. 391-414. Norfolk, VA: AACE.
    This paper describes how the elements of classroom management facilitate the creation of a conducive learning environment to engage students in their learning with computers
  • McKeachie, W.J. 1999. Problem students there's almost always at least one!, p. 235 - 247 In W.J. McKeachie, Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research and Theory for College and University Teachers. D.C. Heath, Lexington, MA.
    The book is the classic guide to teaching, now in its tenth editon.
  • Nilson, Linda B. 2003. Preventing and Responding to Classroom Incivility, p. p. 55-64 In Teaching at its Best. A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors. Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA.
  • Richardson, Steven M. Ed. 1999. Promoting Civility: A Teaching Challenge. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Vol. 77. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
    Nine chapters on promoting civility includes the Carbone and Kuhlenschmidt articles cited above.
  • Sachs, P. 1996. Generation X Goes to College. An Eye-Opening Account of Teaching in Post-Modern America. Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, IL.
    The most commonly cited description of the problem.
  • Sorcinelli, M.D. 1994. Dealing with troublesome behaviors in the classroom. In K.W. Prichard & R.M. Sawyer Eds., Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications, 365-373. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
    Practical and concise guide to preventing and dealing with "troublesome behaviors."


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