Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Student yelling out all of the answers If you are in front of the entire class trying to correct a pretest so that everyone knows what to do for the test, what do you do if you have one student who is just yelling out all of the answers, sometimes before you even ask the question and the rest of the class is sitting there bored out of their minds. You don't want to ask the student not to answer because he is the type of student who if you did that he would probably find some other way to be disruptive and then he wouldn't be paying attention at all. Plus, chances are that if he were not yelling out the answers, no one else would have. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The best advice I got was to completely ignore the shouter outers and call on the one kid who remembered to raise his hand or say "I'm waiting for someone to raise their hand before I take the answer." It is especially effective if someone shouts out the answer and then I call on someone right next to them and they give the exact same answer, but the one who raised their hand gets the praise for following the procedure. I think the advice I received went along the lines of: If you take one shouted out answer, you have to ignore them 20 times to correct the problem. By doing this, I realized how much I was contributing to the problem by accepting shouted out answers and the injustice I was doing to the few who were trying their best to follow class rules but, were not getting called on because so many were shouting 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: I have used similar techniques, and noticed that ignoring the wrong doers always works. Once they realize their behavior is not going to get them anywhere, they will begin to raise their hand. Rated On: October 14, 2014 12:24 am Rated By: sugeLu                 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: Addressing the issue effectively. Rated On: October 19, 2014 10:41 pm Rated By: dePyja                 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: This kind of procedure is best to me. It doesn't outright shame the student who calls out, but rather positively reinforces raising your hand and being patient. It's perfect and simple! Rated On: October 12, 2018 2:32 am Rated By: eguQep