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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!) I would actually address both students separately. I would first call the know it all to my desk and ask them to be respectful of other people's feelings and if she has a problem with another student in the group not doing their work, to tell the teacher. I would then call over the other student and ask them to make sure that they are doing their part in the group. In the future, you could assign individual roles to each person in the group so that the know it all isn't responsible for the other person's work, and the unmotivated student's grades will suffer if they expect other students in the group to pick up the slack. |
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