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Case: Know it all Every class has one: a "know it all." Well, in class I had a student who thought she was the gift to the classroom and knew absolutely everything about everything. We were doing a pair share activity and she was completely insulting one of the students in her group who didn't really feel like participating. On one hand, the girl was being overly mean, but on the other hand the student wasn't doing what he was supposed to do. I was wondering if I should tell the student to calm down and not worry about the other student, or should I tell the unmotivated student to buck up and do the work? Either choice seems to have its draw backs and I can't really tell both of them to leave each other alone and do the work because then they will both be upset with me and not do the work. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This is not something you can avoid, you need to talk to the student who thinks she is the "gift " of the classroom. I would talk to the student and ask her how she would feel if I treated her the way she was treating her classmates, and explain that maybe the other student was having a bad day. I would talk to her and let her know the next group she was going to get a job that didn't have as much work because I want her to notice how smart her classmates are. During the group work she is to write down one thing each group member did that was great, and one thing she thinks they could improve on. With this method the student will still be able to participate but she also will be able to work on being nicer to her classmates. I would also talk to the other student and ask why they are so off task? I would remind the student of the procedures in my classroom. |
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