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[Goku]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW6L0WEsJoM

I just caught this video today,

I'm curious to know if teachers have had sucess with using a point system for many activities and "recording it in a book" to make it look like it matters.

I know some high school teachers that actually do this but I can't attest to how well it actually works.

Has this method worked for those of you in Elementary? Middle School? High Shchool?

I've never used it and I don't really plan to but more than anything is curiousity if it work in which situations (obviously it's not going to work everywhere in all situations)

[Fishead soup]

Some people use points or stamps to get students to speak

[IAMAROBOT]

I use something I call a chatter tax whenever the kids won't stop talking amongst themselves. I've only used it in games (1 point chatter tax) but I guess it can be used for overall classroom management.

[dporter]

I'm in the conceptualization phase of designing a classroom management system based on the MMO model. Think World of Warcraft in the classroom.

Students would gain XP points for doing certain tasks and those points would lead to level gains. Various tiers of levels would award 'Titles' like 'Master of Verbs' or 'Grammar Guardian' etc.

Right now I'm sketching out how group projects would earn points and I even have 'raids' on the to-do list.

It might be a lot of work for me to manage but it might be some fun too.

Maybe one day I'll yell out 'minus 50 dkp for speaking in Korean.'

[DJTwoTone]

I have my elementary school classes broken into groups... The groups gain an lose points during class depending on performance and behavior... At the end of class the group with the most points gets to leave first, the group with the least points has to stay and clean the board... It works very well... The biggest problem is making sure that the groups are fair... but the better you know your students the easier that is...

[Yu_Bum_suk]

"Getting into HS for them is like getting into university for us"???

Maybe 40 years ago.

It's interesting that he titles this 'Special Education' - I'm amazed how often people recommend methods developed for retards for ordinary Korean students.

[Mush]

I find a point system to work pretty well. I have my middle school classes divided into three groups and I award points/deduct points for good and bad behaviour.

There are a few advantages I find to using a point system:

First, it is a good way to get the quieter students speaking. Tell the teams that you want to hear from somebody you haven't heard from yet that class. The more vocal students will start putting pressure on the quieter ones to speak up so their team can get points. Peer pressure seems to be a pretty good motivator for speaking.

The flipside is that when I erase points for bad behaviour, the perpetrator is sure to hear about it from his team members, whether it be a smack, or a verbal lashing. Again, I think this coming from his teammates has more of an effect than it would coming from me.

Lastly, I find it to be an effective way of getting the students more involved in activities that aren't inherently fun or interesting, such as dialogue repetition. Simply by awarding a point to the group that is the best/loudest causes more students to be involved and paying attention.

[harlowethrombey]

I use the 'be quiet or my coteacher will knock the crap out of you' system.

Seems to be working.