...F. Jones & Louise S. Jones is an excellent teacher guide to preventing problems where possible and then to responding to behavioral problems in the classroom when they do manifest. The precepts in the book revolve around respect for both teacher and student. The authors believe that by ensuring such respect both are empowered and learning is accomplished. In today's classroom the need for such an approach is obvious. Teachers are faced with a tremendous number of students from varied cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Consequently, the needed management, motivational, and assessment techniques can vary significantly even within one classroom. Chapter One of "Comprehensive Classroom Management" by Vernon F. Jones & Louise S. Jones jumps straight into the topic of Classroom Management in Perspective. It details the extent of the problem and the factors which interplay to produce the problem including social...