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is so difficult reaching reluctant students. These are students
who can not seem to keep their minds on the lessons you are trying
to teach and yet those who also can not be taught on a one on one
basis without bringing the rest of the class to a standstill. Even
outside of the classroom these students are virtually impossible
to instruct. After hours they either will not come to after school
lessons or they show up but are not able to keep their minds on
the class material for one second. It is a brainstorm, because all
children are different, and you must be dedicated to finding out
how you can best suit his or her specific needs.
There are some ways to reach reluctant students:
For example an instructor should:
• Know more about them:
If you can find out details from the parent(s) or guardian(s) as
to what kinds of behavior the child displays at home, and perhaps
get some suggestions from him or her or them as to how to best hold
the inv child’s interest—great! Based on the information
the parent(s) or guardian(s) can provide for you, you can begin
to develop a plan for your own way of reaching reluctant students.
o However, methods of reaching reluctant students may be impossible
to determine simply by talking with the parents. Quite often you
will find (especially in teenagers who are reluctant students) that
the parents simply notice the same kinds of behaviors and there
is also nothing they can do about it—they seem to be just
as baffled as you. In this type of case, you must rely on other
attempts to discover the problem and begin to develop a solution.
• Try to find materials that are interesting to him or her:
Sometimes the clue to understanding and reaching reluctant students
is to find out what interests them. If this is the situation and
it requires that you, as an instructor would have to alter the curriculum
from which the other students are studying, this may be a decision
that is not up to you, and therefore you may be prevented from trying
it.
• Determine level of intelligence:
When reaching reluctant students is a hard task to face, try to
remember that each student is different. In fact, just because he
or she is a reluctant student does not mean that the child you are
trying to reach is unintelligent, in fact, there are very many complications
reaching reluctant students who are bored, uninvolved and unenthusiastic
because he or she is simply too bright for the class he or she has
been placed in. Perhaps the problem has nothing to do with fear
of comprehension—perhaps the child simply needs to be moved
up a grade in order or spike his or her interest?
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