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5. Focus more on rewards than punishments

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Avoiding punishment is an effective strategy to ensure everyone is on their best behavior but rewards

are a more productive approach over the long run. Dangling the lure of incentives to students often

gives them that push to, not only steer clear of rule infringements, but put their best foot forward.

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Rewards could be anything from candy, a stuffed toy, or simple compliments to acknowledge their

efforts. You can also make classroom activities so

engaging

that students don’t want to disrupt what is

happening.

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