Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Go Back                 Article Posted on November 13, 2012 2:11 am Add to Favorites Yasar Bodur Reps: 618 How Teachers Communicate Expectations to Students Teacher expectations are an important part of teaching culturally diverse students. Below is a list of behaviors teachers display that communicate to students that the teacher holds low expectations. Opposite of what is listed below should be expected from an effective teacher. •Waiting less time for low achievers to answer a question (before giving the answer or calling on someone else) •Giving low achievers answers or calling on someone else rather than trying to improve their responses (by giving clues or repeating or rephrasing questions) •Inappropriate reinforcement: rewarding inappropriate behavior or incorrect answers by low achievers •Criticizing low achievers more often for failure •Praising low achievers less often for success •Failing to give feedback to the public responses of low achievers •Calling on low achievers less often to respond to questions, or asking them only easier, no analytical questions •Generally paying less attention to low achievers or interacting with them less frequently •Seating low achievers farther away from the teachers •Demanding less from low achievers (e.g., teaching less, gratuitous praise, excessive offers of help) •Interacting with low achievers more privately than publically, and monitoring and structuring their activities more closely •Differential administration or grading of tests or assignments, in which high achievers but not low achievers are given the benefit of the doubt in borderline cases •Less friendly interactions with low achievers, including less smiling and fewer other nonverbal indicators of support •Briefer and less informative feedback to questions from low achievers •Less eye contact and other nonverbal communication of attention and responsiveness (forward lean, positive head nodding) in interaction with low achievers •Less use of effective but time-consuming instructional methods with low achievers when time is limited •Less acceptance and use of low achievers' ideas •Exposing low achiever to an impoverished curriculum (overly limited and repetitive content, emphasis on factual recitation rather than on lesson-extending discussion, emphasis on drill and practice tasks rather than application and higher-level thinking tasks). Source: Good, T. & Brophy, J. (2008). Looking in classrooms (8th ed.). New York: Longman Votes: +7 / -0 This Article Is Useful   This Article Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this article: 20 areli saucedo Reps: 119 Teachers tend to underestimate certain racial groups, for example, African Americans and Hispanics. Traditionally, White students have scored more in state test than other ethnic group, however this must not be interpreted in a manner that this race is intellectually superior to the rest. Teachers should take in account that every child background is different. She should praise each student the same and care for all of them. Her main role as a teacher is to educate her students, regardless of where the student is from.   Posted on: December 8, 2012 2:08 pm Melissa Sapp Reps: 29 I think we all need reminders sometimes of little things we can do to help our underachieving students. This article is a great example of what not to do and can be used as a reminder for that purpose.   Posted on: February 13, 2013 9:50 pm Madeline Westog Reps: 30 In my opinion, teachers should read articles like this at the beginning of every week. It can be easy to slip into a habit of not calling on the lower achievers, sometimes even if you feel like you are trying to save them from embarrassment if you know that they don't know the answer, rather than just assisting them in finding the answer. I also feel like it is sometimes common for the misbehaved students to also receive treatment like this. Some teachers choose not to call on the child that frequently misbehaves because they don't take them seriously, which causes that child to only see themselves only as the "bad" student, rather than see themselves for the positive characteristics that they have.   Posted on: February 16, 2013 10:26 am Sarah Brittany Sandbach Reps: 27 I think this article gives excellent reminders for how to communicate and teach underachieving students in a positive manner. However, I think it may be more effective to list how TO effectively communicate with students rather than how NOT to. I think that would be more beneficial for those needing the reminder.   Posted on: February 16, 2013 11:42 am Liz Iannacone Reps: 34 I think this article serves a great reminder to teachers about what should and should not be done. I have been in classroom where the teacher has singled out lower level learners, by pointing out their flaws and having a lower standard of excellence. All teachers need to self-reflect on this subject often. I think asking yourself, "If a teacher was treating my child the way I have been treating this student, would I be happy?" It is easy to react in frustration, but teachers need to be there fairly for students. This may mean students are not given 'equal amounts of time with the teacher', but it is what the students need.   Posted on: February 16, 2013 11:05 pm Laura Goodwin Reps: 53 A teacher's job is to teach students and give them the tools to succeed. By having low expectations for a student a teacher is ignoring their job. You should have high expectations for every student, but those high expectations change from student to student. Take their weaknesses and turn them into strengths. Teachers will have to use more patience, make more accommodations, and put in extra effort but the results will be worth it. Yes, sometimes reality will have to be faced but a teacher should never just give up and push a student to the side.   Posted on: February 17, 2013 6:44 pm ezaDyR Reps: 100 It is so imperative that we as educators understand communication skills within a classroom. This article states exactly what should be done in order to have a successful classroom and what should not be done.   Posted on: October 15, 2014 9:37 pm Chanell Wolski Reps: 200 Great reminders as to what you should and should not do.   Posted on: October 20, 2014 9:33 pm epujaN Reps: 41 I think this article is a great reminder of what not to do for low achieving classes. As I was reading, I thought about my inclusion level class and what students I consistently call on. Sometimes it is easy to fall into the habit of calling on the same few students who raise their hand, rather than pushing the other students to try to answer.   Posted on: January 27, 2015 7:45 pm Kimberly Griner Reps: 40 These are important things to remember. It is easy to fall into those habits, especially when crunched for time.   Posted on: February 3, 2015 4:33 pm Pamela McBride Reps: 87 This article really brings back some memories. When I first started my teaching career, I remember being in a meeting. This meeting informed teachers that classrooms are inclusive therefore, all students need to be taught. This means that special education students should be called on as much as the general education students. Also, all students need praise and needs to know when they are performing well. Don't just always let a student know when they are doing bad.   Posted on: February 20, 2015 2:09 pm Danielle Brock Reps: 100 I agree with this case study. I will utilize this information once I become a teacher. I enjoyed reading this idea. I will use this in the future for sure!   Posted on: March 1, 2015 11:07 pm unuhaj Reps: 102 I agree that teacher expectations are very important in the classroom. Students must know that their teacher has high expectations for them to be motivated.   Posted on: March 10, 2015 2:09 pm yTuGub Reps: 107 No matter how experienced we are as educators, we might find ourselves getting caught by practicing one or more of the listed behaviors. Thanks for a good article that reminds us of the attitudes we need to discard even as we rush through lessons sometimes to meet pacing guidelines.   Posted on: March 11, 2015 2:49 pm aNuLyB Reps: 103 great post.   Posted on: March 11, 2015 11:55 pm ymuTyZ Reps: 102 Awesome post   Posted on: March 15, 2015 11:37 pm Holly Ebbert Reps: 225 This is a great article of what NOT to do with low achievers or any student at that!   Posted on: October 1, 2015 8:16 pm sazaXa Reps: 200 I hope that I never do any of these things in my classroom. This article will always be in the back of my mind when teaching   Posted on: October 13, 2016 1:03 pm Nicole McVey Reps: 201 These are great examples of what not to do.   Posted on: October 16, 2016 2:14 pm aDuZyJ Reps: 99 We do not want to communicate to children that we hold low expectations. Set the bar high!   Posted on: March 4, 2017 2:53 am Add a Comment