QUESTION:
If 95% of the kids are attentively listening, but two boys are making faces to each other and laughing, clearly not paying attention, how do you refocus them without calling them out in front of the class? I get that it’s more effective to ask them about their behavior, but I wonder if I can I do that in front of everyone? And can I do the follow-up questioning in front of the whole class as well? I can’t really pull them aside when I’m the one teaching! Help, please!
RESPONSE:
When you follow the DWS approach, you are asking the student to assess a level of behavior. This has a different feel to it than “calling a … >>>
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