Drive

This book was interesting to read. There were some chapters rather intriguing, while others not so much. If I were asked if the book was beneficial, I would probably say no. The information was set in the business world, and even though it wasn't difficult to translate to education, I felt it was unnecessary. Our textbook provided us with plenty of information about the various topics regarding classroom management. The information was quite useful when it came to my job, though. I work at Gordmans and my boss greatly enjoyed hearing about what my author had to say.
Some of the chapters were beneficial. The purpose and mastery chapters stick out in my head the most. Providing a purpose for students increases the chances of mastery tremendously. I was never given a purpose for my history courses in high school and that area is definite need of growth before teaching.

I feel the book would have been more effective and beneficial if it was our only text for the course. However, the main text is definitely the most important reading material for this course. As students heading off for student teaching next semester, we are super busy. We have countless papers due, projects galor, and some have families. Reading two texts pertaining to similar information is a waste in my opinion. Was the book useful to me, yes. However, I actually used the book more so toward my job than my education future.