Paper presented at the annual meeting of The American Educational Research Association International Conference (AERA 2007),

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences between classroom management beliefs of teachers based on years of teaching experience. The participants in this study were 282 teachers employed by eleven elementary public schools in Turkey. Data were collected utilizing ABCC Inventory and demographics. Significant difference was found on Behavior and People Management between beginning and experienced teachers. The study further examined the data to answer whether the difference coming from only the teaching experience or it is from the life experience as well such as being a parent and teacher at the same time. Correlation calculations showed a significant correlation between Behavior Management and being teacher-parent with at least one child.