Re: Problem student in class
Posted by Joyce Walden on 5/15/08

I agree. Find a way to mix up partners (Kagan structures are
goodhttp://www.kaganonline.com/Newsletter/index.html. I agree with Nick, Be
patient. She has to know how much you care before she cares how much you
know,

On 5/07/08, Nick wrote:
> Because she is the new student in your class, she is
> not familiar with the class. You can show more patience to
> her, letting her know that you have different expectations
> to her. When she chats with others, you can call her to
> answer questions and show your care to her.
>
> Maybe gradually she may do better in your class since
> you do not label her as a bad student and you show your
> care.
>
>
>
> On 4/30/08, Ying-h. wrote:
>> These days, I encountered a problem in teaching.
>> There was a new student, Nia, transferred to my class,
>> becasue she had a quarrel with a male student and they
>> fought each other in another class. Thus, the school
>> trasnferred her to my class, hoping that she could behave
>> better.
>> Unfortunately, she did not. Nia always kept chatting
>> with the girl sitting next to her, named Ta. Ta was a
>> student who behaved well before. But after Nia came, Ta
>> changed.
>> Anyone can give me some suggestions?
>>

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• Problem student in class, 4/30/08, by Ying-h..
• Re: Problem student in class, 4/30/08, by LbP.
• Re: Problem student in class, 5/07/08, by Meg.
• Re: Problem student in class, 5/07/08, by Nick.
• Re: Problem student in class, 5/15/08, by Joyce Walden.