Get Your Students Hired
Strategies for helping the more shy students become more active in class were things like group projects, asking questions for them to answer, asking them how you can make the subject matter more interesting to them, etc.
Dealing with late assignments from students can be handled by giving more heads up on important due dates and reminding students they will be hired on their ability to perform or produce a product, so being late will not fulfill this outcome.
Basically some people will alwasy try to be the Alpha Male or Alpha Female and attempt to run the show. Don't let them. It may take a sidebar. Eventually they could become a great aid in the Lab. Don't let them steer the conversation. Some of them have an attitude where they think because they are paying to come they get to run the show. You have to quickly quell that and explain to the class that they are paying for a specific content, they do not get to decide what it is, how it runs or the results. They are they to learn the content we are providing for that particular trade.
This course really assisted me in learning how to deal with the different personalities of the students. How I speak to them will also determine how the interact. I do like the idea of assigning the center stage student as an observer and note taker.
You are not going to change the behavior of center-stage students, you can only control it.
I like the idea of writing a minute paper at the end of class summarizing the days content.I feel it will engage those students who have not paid attention to the days lesson.
I have seen these different types of students, The ones that bother me are the ones who are distracted by cell phones, etc. I find it difficult to compete with TikTok for their attention. Walking and standing near them does help, but I have found myself having to ban the use of their devices during lectures. The rest of the behaviors I have not had difficulty dealing with.
Through "Dealing with Challenging Students" module, I learned that there are different reasons why a student may be challenging. The module gave examples of how to approach these different kinds of students. I will try to apply these methods in class, and will try to remember that every student is different, so I may have to try multiple methods.
I like to include all students if possible in our discussions. Some students have strong personalities who love to be the center of attention while others are timid to speak. Getting everyone engaged, gives the timid students a chance to be heard.
This course has been informative on how to engage students of different personalities and home situations.
I learned that there is nuance in dealing with students and my behavior and my perception of their behavior should be well-contemplated
There are many different types of students in each class. With that, each student behavior needs to be handled according to their own needs.
There are several strategies to deal effectively with challenging students. Inattatentive students may become motivated by your close physical presence or the knowledge that they may be asked questions at any time. Ready-to-quit students can benefit greatly from encouragement or from guest speakers who have overcome similar challenges as students. Apple polishers can be kept in check by using firm policies and applying rules fairly and equally. Center-stage students can be managed with the use of personal meetings to explain the need for others to participate or the use of comment/question rationing cards.
I always have a attention seeker I like the color card idea as a way of controlling the students and making sure others ask questions
I have experienced all of these challenging behaviors in the classroom. Having a plan of action to address different issues while respecting the student is important. I love to use classroom engagement activities and discussions to keep students present.
My biggest issue is "class clowns" who wants everyone to laugh at and notice them. I find that if I don't have assignments that last the entire class, students get more rambuncious.
Challenig students needs attantion and i could learn differnt teahcing strategies to deal with them
There were great strategies in the lessons. One strategy included dealing with students that love to be centerstage I learned from the strategies that were discussed one of which use it wisely cards would be beneficial to allow all of the students an opportunity to talk and involve themselves in the discussion this is a great opportunity to allow your students to talk and be involved but however in charge of the rest of the class is also contributing to the discussion
I learned the first step in dealing with unfocused students is to look at how you're handling the situation and evaluate if there are any changes you need to make as an instructor before automatically thinking it is the students that need to change.