Managing the student behavior
They’re easy to spot, and every year they seem to grow in numbers. Disruptive students can interfere with learning and erode the classroom environment faster than you can say “For the hundredth time, there’s no eating in class!†They’re the students who are chronically late to class and yet always want to sit in the seat farthest from the door. They’re the students who interrupt at critical times, and question everything you say. And sometimes they’re the students who spend more time sleeping or texting than paying attention.
I believe that if you provide structure and stay with it even if it means one on one talks, you can turn around students with behavior issues. You have to find what works with each student since they are all individuals, they need to be treated that way.
Hi Melinda,
You are on point! Make the student think for themselves. With a little guidance and assistance, the student can do it. Continue to try to get your students to think on their own. In the workplace they are going to have to think on their own.
Patricia Scales
But if you find that the underlying structure for her learning the current course isn't there for whatever reason, how far back do you go to help them build a firmer foundation? Or do you ignore the deficits and try to just get her through the current material. Just one of the challenges that come with my new role!!! I think that she does this type of thing because she not very sure of her "footing" in the program, so I want to try to help her by asking "how do you think you can get to that particular answer?" and then try to suggest ways to get to the right answer. I hope that is the correct thing to do. I'm feeling a little unsure in this particular scenario. Thanks for the imput, I REALLY ENJOYED this ED 104 course and all of the comments from others and I plan on still checking in once in a while if that's okay. Mindy Smith
Hi Melinda,
It is simple, do not spoon feed her but give her exactly what she needs with teaching in order to do well. Put the responsibility back on the student.
Patricia Scales
Since I am still new to the teaching game, I need a little advice from the vetern's out there how to respond to a student that wants the teacher to spoon-feed her the answers so that she can finish the assignments and doesn't seem all that interested in really getting in there and learning the material. when I query her as to what she learned from the previous modules, she can't come up with good answers which leads me to believe she just wants to finish the homework and classwork fast just to be done with it. Help?! Mindy smith
Hi Melinda,
Get ready it is bound to happen that the day will come when you have to manage students behavior. Actually, you are doing this now with the guy who talks to himself, just on a smaller scale. Just remember the tips you were given in this module and utilize them.
Patricia
So far, knock on wood, that issue hasn't come up yet but it is nice to have some ammunication to head off the problem in the early days. I have had to talk to one student about his talking to himself out loud during open study. I don't think that he even realizes that it is very disruptive. He gets frustrated easily and can get a bit vocal, but we are working on. Mindy Smith
At my campus, many instructors lock the classroom door so late students cannot enter. The stated policy is that if a student is late, he/she must wait until the break to enter the classroom. Generally, these instructors do not have many issues with tardiness.
If tardiness seems to be a problem, I give a quiz like you. This does seem to curtail the problem.
Finally, I agree that instructors have to hold students accountable for their actions!
Jackie
One way to stop students from being late is to give quizzes at the beginning of class. In addition,instructors have to hold their students accountable for their actions.
Kanidrus Prather
