Level 2 Session 4

Student BehaviorsRole Modeling SkillsCritical Thinking SkillsSolving Word Problems

Student Behavior Patterns

Aggressive Difficult Passive Assertive Belligerent Anxious/Depressed Violent/Suicidal

Aggressive

Definition of Aggressive

What is your role?

Awareness is the first Key

How do I respond to best help the student?

Handling Difficult Students What constitute a “Difficult” Student?

Disrespectful, offensive, and/or threatening speech or actions directed at:

InstructorFellow Class mates

StaffPolicy and Procedure

What should I do?

Passive

Conceal feeling

Deny their own anger

Avoid arguing even when they think they are right

Tend to be non-responsive

Assertiveness

Definition of assertiveness

What is your role?

Awareness is the first Key

How do I respond to best help the student?

Belligerent Belligerent

Suicidal

Suicidal

Violent

Hostage Weapons

Guns Knives explosives

Break Time

Role Modeling

Importance

Social Skills

Confidence

Reliability

Learning Community Engagement

Critical Thinking (CT)

Thinking Is An Active Process

Thinking Is Directed Toward A Purpose

Thinking Is An Organized Process

Thinking Can Be Developed and Improved

Critical Thinking (CT)Fundamentals

Becoming an individualEvaluation of long argumentsRecognizing errors in Thinking

How to apply CTExpressing Ideas Persuasively

A Master Tutor Text 2002

Critical Thinking (CT)

Fundamentalsand

Becoming an individual

Critical Thinking (CT)

Evaluation of long Arguments.Recognizing errors in Thinking.

Critical Thinking (CT)

How to apply CT

Expressing Ideas Persuasively

Solving Word Problems

Problem statementOutline solutions

Step by Step Positive reinforcement

Exercise One

Conflict Resolution

and the

aggressive student

Acknowledgment/Citations

Webster’s New Basic Dictionary, 2007, Houghton Mifflin Co.

College Reading and Learning Association Tutor Training Handbook, 2003, Lenexas (CRLA TTH).

MacDonald, 2000, The Master Tutor: A Guidebook for More Effective Tutoring

Materials adopted from Becoming a Critical Thinker, 1999, Houghton Mifflin Co Boston

www.ncsu.edu/felder-public Whitman, Research Currents,

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