The good student game: Behavior management for diverse classrooms

The Good Student Game is an effective classroom management tool appropriate for meeting the diverse needs of today's classroom teachers. Based on empi rically validated procedures, such as the Good Behavior Game and self-monit oring strategies, the Good Student Game is an easy-to-implement interventio n designed to help elementary students stay on task. This article provides a description of the game, recommendations for playing the game, and result s from three classrooms demonstrating the effectiveness of the game. Sugges tions stress the importance of teaching students to identify and evaluate g ood student behaviors, as well as the need for teachers to provide students with supportive feedback.