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The student with their hand always raised

Sometimes these students ask very good questions making you realize you could present the material more clearly. This can also be a good opportunity. Make it a class effort. Ask the class how they could achieve a solution and coax the answer from them. Develop the problem solving and reasoning skills they need. A discouraged student may be inspired by this. It can boost morale and increase participation. It may also decrease the amount of times the chatty student raises their hand.

David Grik

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Getting the quiet ones to participate

I find there is always at least 1 quiet student in a class. I teach programming which is a very hands-on skill. It is important to figure out how to help these students. Are they bored because they are already familiar with the material? Are they lost? Are they embarrassed to ask questions? Do they feel helpless or too far behind to recover? This is where the old-time psychology of the master-apprentice come in handy. Work with them side-by-side to show them how it is done. Give them an orderly process to accomplish a task and succeed. I find the… >>>

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