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Case: Genuis! I have one student who feels as though he is so far ahead of us that he doesn't need to pay attention. While he is very smart, he has not been exposed to all of the content I am presenting. He doesn't pay attention and thus does poorly on assessments. When he receives small group remediation he does fine. How can I get him to pay attention the FIRST time? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I had this same situation last year when I was teaching gifted and high achieving. I created a table of data showing his scores and how he compared to the rest of the class (I didn't show him any names, just the average). This was eye opening for him because he wanted to be ahead of the class. We had conversations about how when you think you know something, just listen in case there is something new. Every one in and while, I would throw something into the lesson like, "by the way, when you go to your seats I want everyone to turn their chair around and sit. if you do that you will get a treat." I just wanted to see if he was listening and he wasn't. He was the only one that got a treat. I told him that he never knows what a teacher will say so he needs to pay attention the first time. |
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