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...Kathie Easter-May, 1998 Teachers and parents agree that a certain degree of discipline has to be maintained in a classroom in order for learning to take place. Even students will readily admit that it's frustrating to try to follow a lesson when another student is working hard to disrupt a class. Academic research has shown conclusively that the key to this issue is not discipline, per se, but classroom management. While the terms "classroom management" and "discipline" are often used interchangeably, these two concepts are by no means synonymous. "Discipline," as pointed out by Martin, et. al. (1996) refers to the "structures and rules for student behavior and efforts to ensure that student comply with those rules" (p. 3). "Classroom Management," on the other hand, is a much broader term which describes all of a teacher's efforts to "oversee a multitude of activities in the classroom including learning, social interaction and student behavior" (p. 3). Due to the importance of this subject, a great deal of research has been devoted to determining what the optimal classroom management strategies are, how they impact the classroom, and how teachers evaluate such...