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This student guide is part of a protocol learning module designed to teach the concept and use of group alerting in classroom management. The entire module consists of this guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains: (1) instruction in the use of protocol modules, (2) a discussion of the concept of group alerting and its use in deterring disruptive behavior in the classroom, (3) lessons for recognition of instances of group alerting in classroom situations, and (4) practice exercises for applying the concept of group alerting in simulated teaching situations. The principle which underlies the concept of group alerting is that teacher behaviors designed to keep students alert will increase on-task behavior and reduce deviant behavior in the classroom. Three techniques of group alerting are noted: (1) questioning techniques--the teacher frames a question and pauses before calling on a reciter rather than naming a reciter and then giving the question; (2) recitation strategy--the teacher calls on reciters at random rather than calling on them in a predetermined sequence; and (3) alerting cues--the teacher alerts nonperformers that they may be called on. (HMD)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert