I am a first year middle school teacher trying to figure out how to make things better when I get back to school in January. In college, I was told that bringing out good behavior is better than focusing on the bad things students do. Although this has been true for me to an extent, it does backfire. When I compliment something a student is doing behaviorally (usually a 6th grader), I usually get 2 or 3 other students shouting out that they were doing the same good thing. This happens all the time. (Furthermore, when I call out a student for doing something bad, they bring out someone else doing the same thing, making me look unfair). I can't possibly see everything at one time, and I tell them this. What can I do to continue using a positive approach while calming down the students I didn't recognize at a certain point in time?
2006-12-18
09:41:06
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