Very informative on dealing with different personalities and how to deal with problematic ones.
I lovethe last two ideas, 1) use it wisely cards and 2) observer student. Each idea can be useful and keep the over involved student in check but also engaged to keep the lesson going in a positive direction and let other quieter students open up and become mpore involved. Both seem to be excellent ideas for classroom management and use.
I always have center stage students in the kitchen each semester. They always believe they know everything, and tend to be loud and want to be center stage to the other students. Great resourses to hopefully control the chatter from these students. I especially liked the colored cards idea and plan to use it.
i like the idea of how to manage te diferant types of students to help keep the class engaged.
All ambiguous behavior is interpreted as bad.
Students who are inattentive in class are generally those students who:
Are confused about the course requirements.
Are bored with your lectures.
Lack an understanding of the relevancy of the content.
Give a center of stage student a position like “the observer”
Center-stage students can be controlled through "use it widely" cards to decrease the amount of time they use in class.
Every class I've had so far I have always had a center stage student , I have found that if I ask them alot of questions they usually don't know the answer and I will tell them they need to listen more and that usually gets them to chill out some.
Placing yurself in an area where inattentive students are shifts their focus to you and the material that you are teaching.
I find it is useful to have the center stage students be observers. In doing this new role, they are limited with talking and play a role of listening.
Treat all students equally.
This is definitely a fear of mine as a new instructor. How do I handle challenging students? Will I be able to be stern enough yet flexible and compassionate at the same time for them? I am thankful this module took some time out to discuss interventions that can be used based on the student's personality/problem.
i learned certain behavior stem from something else and direct action needs to take place for behavior modification.
Reviewing the over talkative one in class and offering an observer role. I also learned that those that usually sit in the back are distracted have those students sit in the front to remain engaged.
Jackie
student behavior needs to be addressed and they need to be held responsible for their work. Being able to understand them and relate to them is important as well
This section was very helpful. It has great tips on how to engage students that may be bored in class or maybe they are concetrating on other things rather than the lecture. Great idea on group activities to engage students and more importantly, communication from both the instructor and student is key to success!
I have all these students they discribed, and is very frustrating at times. I like the colored card concept and going to try it!
I loved the "card" option and using it wisely.
Great reminders about remebering that every student is different and they also have different seasons in their life and so it is just important to check in on what they need at a gven time. Also, if you had a student before they might have differents needs this term.
Dealing with challenging students:
There are many different types of challenging students, & each type takes a somewhat different approach, or method. I have experienced some of these types of students & some I have not.
I did learn that you can deal with challenging students with instrumental controls, & or with Normative controls. Normative controls being the better way to do this.
Here is my take away on how to maybe handle them in a better way.
Un prepared students:
- Be sure to make expectations clear.
- Use class quizzes… ???
- Follow up on assignments. (This is being done as on line in Canvas).
Ready to quit students:
- Give encouragement
- Recognize the signs, & external pressures.
- Bring in a guest speaker, such as a past successful student in industry.
Apple Polishing Students:
- Be sure to address them & all students fairly, & the same.
- Look for these types of students, identify as they complement & then request.
- Don’t be taken in.
- Enforce standards with them & all students fairly.
Blaming others students:
- Help them own up to their own responsibilities.
- Create a class calendar ( will have due dates in Canvas).
- Will not accept late assignments, as Canvas shows them what is coming up & when they can do it ahead of time, planned.
- Plainly observe students & discuss with them.
It is important to be able to indentify why students are not performing well in the course, and this can be for a variety of reasons. Students need to have their ways of learning met, this means that there needs to be a variety of how the course content is presented
