Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: The Class Clown When you ask a student a question relating to the material she always gives a sarcastic comment or makes a joke out of the question. Now she is starting to make jokes randomly during the lesson. This gets the class off task and takes several minutes to get them refocused. How do you deal with the situation? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) First thing first, this student obviously has some affect on how the students behave in this class. Immediately speak to him one on one. See what is troubling the student and what sort of agreement you two can come up with. Convince him that you depend on him to behave and you know he can be a model student for you and for the other students to follow. When it comes to the parents, tell the parents that these misbehaviors will cause more problems for him especially when he gets older.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Involving the parents at this point would not be beneficial. A more positive intervention may be to amend the lesson plans from whole group to a small group setting in which to reduce her audience base. Perhaps make teams from the small groups, assign points for different aspects of the lesson and, while I am not fond of rewarding expected behavior, the team at the end of the month may obtain additional recess or ? Peer pressure may work in this instance. Rated On: October 15, 2014 12:05 am Rated By: Denise Lukacik                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: no Rated On: October 20, 2014 11:39 pm Rated By: Chanell Wolski