A comparison of the classroom management approaches of the teachers implementing "Constructivist Learning Approach" and not implementing this approach

In this study, in the academic year 2005 - 2006, the approaches to classroom management in the Turkish lessons between the class teachers implementing the curriculum based on the "Constructivist Learning Approach" in the 1(st) - 5(th) grades of primary school and the Turkish branch teachers who have not yet started to implement the curriculum based on the "Constructivist Learning Approach" in the 6(th) - 8(th) grades and who is still implementing the "Behaviourist Learning Approach" was compared and the effects of these approaches on the primary school teachers' attitudes towards classroom management was analyzed. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.