Like other research handbooks, the Handbook of Classroom Management provides an indispensable reference volume for scholars, teacher educators, in-service practitioners, and the academic libraries serving these audiences. It is also appropriate for graduate courses wholly or partly devoted to the study of classroom management. Table of contents Motivation' (p. 114). Wubbels comments that the publication of the Handbook of Classroom Management: research, practice and contemporary issues, edited by Evertson and Weinstein (2006), has filled a gap in our knowledge of classroom management. I have nevertheless chosen to focus my A Classroom is a formal interactive environment in which a teacher and pupil engage in the process of teaching and learning. The quality of teaching and learning in the classroom is influenced by the teachers' ability to ensure effective classroom management. She is the author ofSecondary Classroom Management: Lessons from Research and Practice(McGraw-Hill, 2003),Elementary Classroom Management: Lessons from Research and Practice(with Andrew J. Mignano, Jr., McGraw-Hill, 2003), and numerous chapters and articles on classroom management and teacher education students' beliefs about caring and control Like other research handbooks, the Handbook of Classroom Management provides an indispensable reference volume for scholars, teacher educators, in-service practitioners, and the academic libraries serving these audiences. It is also appropriate for graduate courses wholly or partly devoted to the study of classroom management. Like other research handbooks, the Handbook of Classroom Management provides an indispensable reference volume for scholars, teacher educators, in-service practitioners, and the academic libraries serving these audiences. It is also appropriate for graduate courses wholly or partly devoted to the study of classroom management. The skills associated with effective classroom management are only acquired with practice