Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: DON'T CALL OUT! I am an intern. My CT is nice (with occasional mood swings), but she does not give me feedback and gets irritated when I ask for her suggestions. I am having issues with students calling out. It is just two students. So far, I have talked to them but it did not work. I do not want to punish them because they mean well. They really need to stop calling out though. Does anyone have any suggestions? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I am also an issue and in one of my classes I have a similar problem. There are dominator with in large group who wish to answer every question the teacher asks. One way that I have begun to use is to specify the student I want to answer before I ask the question. For example Bob, can you tell us what the main idea of this story was? This way every student gets and opportunity to talk and the floor is never open to the whole class at once. This strategy is kind of working. I still have some issues with the student then speaking out to provide the other student with the answers but when I redirect them once they seem to work better. Another way is to allow the student the opportunity to write their answers down on a white board or a index card laminated with a white-board marker that way they can show you they know the content with out calling out.                 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: My next step to dealing with this situation would be this, to try to specify the question to the student that I want to answer the question therefore it prevents calling out and it is fair for all students to be engaged. I wouldn't do this all the time but every once in a while and whenever calling out becomes an issue. I also like the idea of having the student write their answers onto a personal whiteboard to take up more time and to allow them to be able to prove that they have the correct answer. Rated On: March 7, 2017 2:49 am Rated By: JatePa