Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Thumbs Down I was observing a class of first graders a few years back and the teacher had the students all sitting on the floor around her. She had them come up to the board one at a time and answer a math question. She would then ask the class if they thought the answer was right or wrong and they were supposed to be indicate by giving the child a thumbs up or thumbs down signal. I was student teaching then and it just struck a nerve in me that a first grade teacher would have an entire class giving a child thumbs down if they were wrong. This seemed very emotionally disturbing to me. Does anyone do this or find a problem with this with students that are so young? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I think you should tell the student what happen and what they can do to fix it but tell them they did great for trying.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I agree that helping them fix it would be good, but students at such a young age usually still take things like that to heart. Rated On: October 18, 2015 3:10 pm Rated By: eVaVeH                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: It's great to keep positivity into the classroom. Rated On: October 18, 2015 10:00 pm Rated By: aMyvaz                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: While this raised a good idea, it did not fully answer the question asked. Rated On: March 5, 2016 6:51 pm Rated By: paTaHe