Kounin's Model

Kounin’s Model focuses on effective classroom management by emphasizing the teacher’s ability to monitor and control student behavior proactively. Key strategies include maintaining smooth, continuous classroom activities (“withitness”), giving clear instructions, and engaging students to prevent disruptions. It highlights the importance of setting routines, alertness to student behavior, and using logical consequences to manage transitions and attention. Overall, the goal is to create a structured, attentive classroom environment where students stay focused and behave appropriately because the teacher skillfully assumes a supervisory role that minimizes disruptions before they happen.