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Sometimes motivating students is as easy as asking a question.
Filed Under "At-risk" students, Behaviour Management, underachieving students
Sometimes nothing I do seems to work with some students. There are some students that I just can’t reach. I always feel badly about that. Larry found himself in the same position a couple of weeks ago but came up with an ingenious strategy that seems to be working. He simply asked his student “Are you going to have a good day” and the student did. In fact, the student has had several good days. It was as simple as that. Who knew.
Larry says “I think the personal contact and helping him get into the mindset that he can make a choice are two reasons why it’s worked so far”. Makes sense to me. I know that personal contact can make a difference. I work hard to develop a relationship with my students and making students aware of the fact that they have an option of having a good day or not may make the difference. I’m certainly going to try Larry’s strategy. In fact, I’m going to try it tomorrow morning. I’ll let you know how it going. If you give it a try, please let me know how it goes.
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Elona,
I hope it works for you, and I hope it continues to work for me!
Larry
Wow, I feel good now. I say that exact line all the time. I am a special education teacher. Motivating middle school students is very difficult. Any advice there is appreciated.
Teddi
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Elona,
I was wondering if you used Larry’s questioning technique and if he worked for you? I think that I will try it myself on Monday when I go back to school. I teach a third grade self-contained class and will try anything so they have good days.
Elona,
I was wondering if you used Larry’s questioning technique and if he worked for you? I think that I will try it myself on Monday when I go back to school. I teach a third grade self-contained class and will try anything so they have good days.
Erin
Erin,
I did ask a couple of my more troubling students Larry’s question. They told me they were going to have a good day. I’ll admit, they had a better day, not perfect but definitely better. That’s definitely an improvement. I’ll keep trying.