______________________________________________________________________________ This article discusses the findings and implications of a study of eight sixth-and eight eighthgrade teachers and their 628 students. Each teacher was observed six times for a total of 240 minutes. The study focused on 1) how teachers manage their students' behavior and how those management strategies impact teachers' interactions with their students and 2) how these strategies impacted student time-on-task behavior. Data analyses showed that as teacher management behaviors increased student time-on-task decreased and teacher instructional 2 behaviors decreased. The authors discuss ways teacher educators can help candidates develop important classroom management skills. ___________________________________________________________________________
