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EDUC 351/353: Classroom Management and Conflict Resolution: Topics/Keywords

Classroom Management

Keywords to Try When Searching

Place quotation marks around phrases of more than 1 word when searching. (EX: "classroom management")

  • classroom discipline
  • classroom management
  • student behavior
  • discipline problems
  • behavioral issues
  • conflict resolution

Subject Headings to Try When Searching

When using an EBSCO database to search subject terms, change the "Select a Field" option to indicate "SU Subject Terms."  Place quotation marks around your subject terms as indicated above.

  • behavior modification
  • classroom environment
  • classroom techniques
  • discipline 
  • discipline policy
  • discipline problems
  • instructional effectiveness
  • positive behavior supports
  • school discipline
  • student behavior
  • teacher-student communication
  • teacher-student relationships
  • time management

Finding and Narrowing a Topic

Find ideas in the syllabus, your text, class discussion, or Google News.

   Narrow down a broad topic by asking yourself
   the 5 W's: who? what? where? when? why?

   As you search the databases, looking at
   subject headings and abstracts can help you
                focus your topic.

Boolean Operators

Using Boolean operators (AND, OR, and NOT) with your keywords will help you narrow or expand your results.

The highlighted middle section represents the use of AND. Searching for poverty AND addiction will give you results with both words present. Therefore, your results are fewer.

Using OR between similar keywords will give you results that include both words. Therefore, your results are greater. A search for teenagers OR adolescents will retrieve either or both terms.

The NOT operator gives you results from only one of your words. Therefore, your results are fewer. Searching for addiction NOT alcohol will eliminate alcohol from the results.

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