Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         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!) If this student is not paying attention, perhaps this student needs to learn the negative consequences of his actions. Has this student said out loud that he doesn't need to pay attention, or is this an assumption? Introducing his parents to this will be crucial. I suggest allowing him to do what he's doing (so long as it's not disrupting the class), without offering the remediation afterwards. Seems like he knows he can get away with it and do it at a later time. Another option would be cooperative learning. Keep engaged with the other students. If he does "know it all" he can be entertained by assisting his classmates.