I've always told my students that if they need to vent, come to my office and tell me what is going on. By listening to them, they feel like they are being heard which at times, is all they want.
Listening before reacting is key
To monitor my students is to truly get to know them and their learning needs, however it does not mean that I will judge them
Monitoring is something that I need to work on in my classroom. Being able to monitor my kids more frequently will allow them to continue to stay on task.
Some students behaviors can be more destructive to the learniung environment, such as excessive anger, cheating, and disruption of class. Cheating can be minimized by avoiding objective tests and carefully monitoring during testing. Listening is key to understanding and diffusing student anger, falling back on the statements in your syllabus for support. Some excessively angry or confrontational students may require you to involve security and/or require a written complaint. Finally, disruptive students may need to be removed from class so it is important to document each behavior and interaction to ensure your fairness and objectivity is reflected.
Great tips on how to deal with cheating. I also appreciate how to handle difficult students.
I appreciate when clear expectations of student behavior are outlined in a syllabus and when a link to the student handbook is provided in the syllabus. When an instructor takes the time to go over the policies and procedures, the instructor is being preventative versus reactive.
All students can learn. It's their choice, but it's my responsibility to encourage them to engage, watch them closely to prevent cheating and get to know them so they feel comfortable with me and my class.
Student removal is a delicate situation and this module focuses on the important aspects of this situation. In the end documentMarion of all the prior steps and actions ate essential . Students may end up respecting that you took the steps ans appropriate course of action .
During this course, it was good to learn about the managing the angry, cheating students.
I learned to remain calm and give students a chance to explain their disruptive behavior.
This module was very interesting in understanding student's behaviors and strategies on best practices in getting through them. In this module we learned how to spot out cheating students and how as an instructor to monitor that student and ways to stop the cheating.
Allowing an angry student to vent privately away from class time is a great idea. it shows the student that you are paying attention to them as a person and not a number. it also shows that you honestly care about them and their well being.
I have seen disruptive students an wondered @ what point would they be dismissed. When their behaviours prevent a barrier to other students learning objectives found a reasonance with me.
Dana Redmond
I agree with setting clear expectations on the first day, and sticking with them. It is important to pay attention to your students body language to know if they are learning. Make sure if you suspect cheating that you can back up the accusation with proof.
Listen to your student, acknowledge their concerns and then work on a solution. It may not always be in the students favor and they need to understand that.
I think that sometimes dealing with a difficult situation with a student can be handled when the teacher understands where the student is coming from. Past experiences with a teacher may have the student putting up barriers that a new teacher may need to break down. But a teacher must control the situation which can be difficult.
How to deal with frustrated students.
I've learned that each kid is different with behavior. They may respond differently to discipline differently so take time to know them. I also feel like once you take time to ask them about themselves and show interest they behave better.
All of the suggestions for managing the behavior of specific types of students, provides me with a helpful resource to refer to when challenging student situations arise. I really valued the discussion about remaining calm and not taking any student behavior personally, so you can provide an objective and supportive response. I think it is also vital to ensure that the expectations are discussed from the beginning and outlined clearly in the syllabus. It is also important to document all student interactions and meetings so you can clearly justify all of your decisions in regards to actions taken to address the issues.
