Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Disruptive Student I have a student that is disruptive in all classes. He wants to gain his peers attention at all times, and he wants them to laugh. He randomly walks around the room, keeps talking, and making jokes. He has done it so much the students are starting to notice how annoying it is. What should I do about this student? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I have heard a lot of teachers complain about this type of behavior. I think many times there is an underlining issue and these students are looking for an outlet to get attention. The most appropriate steps a teacher should take in my opinion is that they should speak wit the student privately to determine the reason for the behavior. If the student does not lead on to anything beneficial than the teacher needs to use judgement to determine the best approach to the behavioral consequences. I believe a behavioral point sheet may be helpful in this situation. Students will use the point sheet to mark off positive behavior throughout a lesson or class. When the student reaches the goal for their point sheet they can be rewarded with something specific to the student's interests, otherwise it will not work. Rewards are great but sometimes they need to be discrete because some students do not like the positive attention. Teachers should use judgement on this and determine the best way to reward a student.