AED303 Teaching and Managing Learners At Primary Classroom

Characteristics of Disruptive Students

• sudden, unprovoked anger• deliberately antagonizing others• resentment and anger • defiance• refuses to comply with adult requests or rules• argues with adults• “talks back” to adults• shows disrespect towards authority figures• is easily annoyed by others/deliberately annoys • others• blames others for his/her own actions/behaviour

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Characteristics of Giftedness

Why do you think student behave in such a manner?

Teacher’s InstructionKelvin’s questions were not answeredTeacher’s explanations were not clear

Do you think that the student’s behaviour is caused by any social factors (i.e. lack of care and concern from family, low self esteem,

etc.)?

Attention seekingCuriosity

NO

What other disruptive behaviour do you think this student may exhibit?

Short attention spanEasily irritated

How do you think this behaviour will affect other students’ learning?

Cannot Concentrate Lose interest in learning

What strategies will you adopt to solve this problem?

Divert the student’s attention to other questions.

Verbal Intervention Counseling