I learned about many different behaviors that students use. I have taught two classes for VNEW term 4. I have seen most of these behaviors in class. There are numerous suggestions to control these many behaviors. The most difficult students for me are the "Inattentive" students. As per the suggestion, I do walk and/or stand near those students, I had to ask one student that she could go home & sleep. These behaviors go back to the first day of class. School policies and my expectations.
I like the idea of the rotating seating chart because it never lets the students "hide in the back". It gives everyone opertunities to be up front and center and get the "front row attention" that all students deserve.
I gained a better understanding of the different types of students in the class such as the center-stage student and how to manage them.
Minute papers is a good idea to assist students with understanding learning material. After, they could discuss their ideas in groups or we can do a mind map together to go over the outcome.
I like the observer tip! maybe the students notes could be shared with students that were absent.
getting whole class involvement and keeping the class main stage in check will be a challenge but set the tone on the first day, be consistent and make sure the quiet ones aren't being quiet
I learned that instructors are to be the Instructional Delivery Expert (IDE) in their field and creates credibility with the students when they are informed the expertise and background towards subject being taught. It is also important establish classroom expectations with the students from the very first day of class.
How to get the inattentive students to participate and engage in the class
Keeping them engaged, intervening without embarrassing to bring students back.
I appreciate the strategies used to deal with difficult students, especially as the class progresses and personality types become more center stage.
There are many type of "challenging" students, and even more way to handle them. It's important to self evaluate before addressing these students to be sure that you are meeting their needs before trying to get them to change something they are doing.
This section was helpful because I am finding my group of students challenging the semester. I liked reading about the breakdown of types of students because I was able to think about my class and which dynamic is at play with which students. I have been already thinking that I need to make my Welcome Letter more specific and bullet pointed and this class just supports this. I also liked what was said about working with discouraged students in making sure to engage with them and maybe even bring in a guest speaker. I also like the idea of asking inattentive students how the class could be made more interesting and I LOVE the cards idea for center stage students. Really- this was a very helpful lesson and could not have been more applicable to what I am working with as an instructor!
Find tasks for the center stage students to do. All ambiguous behavior is bad, even from the instructors
I learned that there may be difficult students and there are various strategies for dealing with them.
It is important to address difficult behaviors in individual students to avoid it becoming a widespread problem.
You can not change a center staged student you can only control their behaviors.
I learned that by observing students and meeting may result in the student reducing the talking then you can assign the role of "observer" to the center-stage student.
This is a big help with understanding how to deal with a whole gambit of different students in the same class.
Sometimes students may not be inattentive due to boredom but are inattentive due to life as most students in this setting are adults with families of their own and likely careers. Using different strategies including group learning will be beneficial
I like the card idea when dealing with a student who like to be center stage.
