Get Your Students Hired
Every so often a know it all student crops up. It is irritating to the class,and frankly to me,however I do not show it, but ask outright why the class is being taken if the student already knows everything. I suggest that possibly a more challenging discipline may be more to the students liking, and that usually ends the issue.
I agree. I try to utilize them in any way I can. After all, they very well may be useful and have a lot to share!
I also try to give these type of students something to do to occupy them. I may have them come up and write responses on the board. I basically put them to work and they think they are really helping when the real motivation may be just to prevent them from being disruptive!
Scott
Hi Jeffrey!
I really like your approach - it validates the student and encourages learning at the same time.
Good job!
Jane Davis
ED107 Facilitator
I find the way the difficult student was handled, was the same as two that I have dealt with. After sometime, they feel as though they are part of the team & on your side.
I teach a class where there are frequently students who have some experience with the subject matter. Usually they know less than they think they do about what we are discussing but the expectation exists that they won't learn anything new none the less. One way I keep those students engaged is by employing a similar technique. I engage them on topics that they will likely have some meaningful contribution on and it validates them while getting them to engage in the conversation a bit more than they would have. They usually always tell me later that they are learning more than they expected to in the class.