Chapter 4

It is the teacher’s job to push every single student to their fullest potential until they succeed. You also need to set a clear understanding of what is to be expected out of the student and you have to give them feedback in order to further their learning and increase their potential. From what I gather from this chapter is that most students want to be pushed by their teachers because their learning, productivity, and creativity increase. If a students does well then you should make little comments to them on their paper or one on one. When you make a big deal out of the work the student might feel embarrassed so they will not put as much effort into the next thing, but instead they will do average work so that they fit in. Public praise can be detrimental to a struggling student as well as an excelling student.

When it comes time for students to learn you can’t think that every student understands what is going on. You need to give students practice or a worksheet for in class that is not graded. This will let you know if students are having a hard time or not. I do this in many of the classes that I have been teaching with my smart board. The reason that I do this is to see who is having troubles and it gives me a way to find out without giving them a grade. If I see that they are having trouble I will review that material because like this chapter says, “Grades are a judgment of every teenager!” (pp. 78). This is true so I try to avoid giving students a bad grade as a grade. They get informal grade that shows knowledge and learning. Also to me the best way to get those students to excel is to push them and reward them for a job well done. This chapter is pretty cool too.