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  • Essay / Using the Glasser Model for Effective Problem Solving

    13. Preventing Boredom and Filling “Free” Time: To keep students from getting distracted and bored, I know it is important to have a continuous flow of activities. To ensure this, I plan all my lessons with additional activities for unexpected “free” time. These efforts will help ensure that class time is used wisely to continue education. I find that the more busy I keep my students, the less time they will have to behave inappropriately.14. Using Glasser's Problem Solving Steps to Manage Behavior Problems: Glasser's model for effective problem solving is extremely useful in school. On the one hand, the problem solving used can be accomplished in a short period of time, so I will not waste other students' valuable learning time. Second, it is easy to learn because the process only involves seven short steps. Third, the student is involved in the problem-solving process, which allows them to take responsibility for what they did wrong and then learn how to solve the problem. Finally, data can be collected using the Glasser model which allows both...