Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Won't Show What She Knows There is a student in Mrs. Moreland's second grade class that is extremely smart. Her work is great and she is doing better than anyone in the class. However, when it comes to assessing, she says she doesn't want to do it and that she isn't going to do it. As a result, all of the students test scores are the lowest in the class. The teacher has documented and the teacher has used incentives. She has also made administration aware but administration has said that the test scores are the data they are looking at. What can the teacher do in this scenario? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The teacher should have a conversation with the student to determine the lack of motivation. This could be bigger than just disinterest in the assessment. Something could be emotionally distracting (i.e. something at home).                 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 agree that the first step should be to talk to the student and find out what the problem is. It is much easier to implement than throwing experimental activities at the student. Rated On: October 19, 2014 12:55 am Rated By: ySaryN