Classroom Management Strategies for Effective Instruction

Unmotivated Student, cont.

• Factors That Influence Motivation:
• Fear of Failure – “Better to look bad, than stupid”. Safer not to try.
• Lack of Meaning – May not see relevance to assignments.
• Emotional Distress – Anxiety/Depression from influences at home.
• Learning Disability – Give up in frustration.

Unmotivated Student, cont.

• Lack of Challenge
• Desire for Attention – look helpless to teacher
• Peer Concern – not cool to like school
• Low Expectation – no encouragement from home
• Expression of Anger – due to pressure from parents

Unmotivated Student Interventions

• Assess the origin,(records, teachers, etc)
• Talk with the Student Privately – develop the relationship.
• Provide a Warm, Accepting Climate
• Stay Close to the Student
• Introduce the Lesson with Enthusiasm
• Give Clear Direction and Feedback
• Present Tasks in Manageable Doses
• Orchestrate the Student’s Success
• Highlight the Student’s Talents

Unmotivated Student Interventions, cont.

• Vary Your Teaching Style
• Relate Instruction to Student’s Interests
• Make Instruction Relevant to Real World
• Provide Hands-on Activities
• Apply “Meaningful Work”…CHAMPs
• Allow Student Some Control over What and How He Learns
• Praise Student’s Efforts and Accomplishments
• If Student is Too Cool, consider incentives, rewards, group recognition ( spark some competition)
• Challenge the Student

HYPERACTIVITY…

• Constant movement
• Easily distracted
• Lack of control
• Verbal
• Does not attend to cues

• Provide structured high activity tasks
• Allow for control movement
• Reward on-task behaviors
• Use color codes for recognitions of behaviors

INATTENTION…

• Passive
• Minimal problem-solving skills
• Dependent learner
• Views ability versus effort as a problem

• Focus attention on key elements of activity
• Develop and mental map with student
• Facilitate routine success
• Help the student self-monitor performance