SLC | S22W6 : Get to Know Your Students
Hello student and teacher!, it's a pleasure participating again in this week learning challenge. Get to know how student character and behavior is very important in providing the teacher the idea and method of supporting their student mentally and physically.
This week learning was impactful as usual, in the below, I'm expected to provide my idea alongside experience for the given task.
Without further ado...
| Task | 1: |
Elaborate on your understanding of student characteristics, as discussed in the subject matter post. Explain comprehensively and develop your understanding of this.
| Answer | ... |
Understanding the characteristics of students is the main key for effective teaching, teachers must act and help his or her student beyond academic performance and check into the various aspects of their students personalities and backgrounds to provide a needed support to their student.
It will in turn helps teachers to recognize each of his student strengths, challenges as well as need.
By showing a good teaching methods teachers can make the learning process to be more engaging and productive.
It creates a nurturing and comfortable place that students feel understood and supported.
In cognitive it include the intellectual abilities, the preferred learning styles can be considered visual, auditory and cognitive development stages.
Recognizing these helps teachers give their teaching methods with the student level of understanding.
Emotional stability, motivation and interests really influence how students respond to their problem. Now for example, students with high emotional stability can confidently overcome setbacks.
Social characteristics like the ability to interact and cultural background shape classroom routine, Students with strong interpersonal skills contribute to group work, and those from different cultural backgrounds contribute more to the learning environment.
Here it emphasis that teachers must be aware of their students physical health, for instance students with health challenges may need adjustments in their workload and schedule to consider their needs.
Personality challenge like introversion and extroversion alongside influence how students learn and engage in class. for example, introverted students will rather prefer writting assignments than group discussions or answering questions in class.
It is of no doubt that religious beliefs shape students world view and behavior, teachers can incorporate these aspects to bring a respectful and comfortable environment for student.
Understanding those characteristics will enables teaching that supports students academically, socially and emotionally.
| Task | 2: |
Invite one of your students, your friends, or anyone else to try 1 method of recognizing student characteristics, according to the examples in the material. And tell us the results of observing the characteristics of your student.
| Answer | ... |
Method Used: Observation of Behavior
During my observation I choose behavioral observation because it provides insights into how students interact with their environment and friends and colleagues, this method will be very useful for understanding emotional stability, social skills and engagement.
I observed a friend of my during a collaborative group project that was given by our lecturer after class, my focus here was on how he communicated and responded to challenges and contributed to the group progress and task assigned.
His strengths: during my observation he was able to demonstrat leadership qualities through taking the initiative to divide tasks and make sure that everyone participated. He encouraged quiet ones to share their ideas by showing them empathy.
His Challenges: he became visibly worried when his suggestions was questioned or when controversy started within the group, at this point I suggested a need for emotional support.
Conclusion: This my observation revealed a student who is socially skilled but struggles with emotional stability when problem arise or in challenging situations, this insight can help teachers create strategies like role playing or conflict resolution activities to build emotional bouces back.
| Task | 3: |
According to you. Providing questions, tasks, or projects that require critical thinking and in-depth analysis, more suitable to be given to students who have the ability of which characteristic category? Give us an explanation of this.
| Answer | ... |
Tasks that require critical thinking and deep analysis are most suitable for students with that have strong cognitive characteristics like....
High intellectual ability
Analytical and logical in thinking
A good option for problem-solving
Students with advanced cognitive abilities will alway do everything to succeed on challenges that require them to think critically, evaluate evidence and construct reasoned conclusions to it, Such tasks show case their intellect and encourage deeper learning.
To best explain my point I give example of assigning a project where students must provide answer to the below question
What measures can be taken to prevent and mitigate the effects of a zero day exploit on a computer system and how can users ensure their software and operating systems are up to date and patched against such vulnerabilities?. Now This task.....
Encourages critical thinking by requiring students provide the above answer
Promotes creativity as they brainstorm solutions
Integrates knowledge from multiple sources like gathering info from different areas in computer science.
Now we can see that by aligning tasks with the student strength teachers can then grow intellectualy and engagement.
| Task | 4: |
According to you. When a student feels depressed or anxious, especially in an evaluation situation. What category of characteristics does such a student belong to? Explain your answer and how to solve it.
| Answer | ... |
Now students who feel depressed or anxious during evaluations fall under the emotional characteristics category, emotional challenges can come from:
Low self esteem and fear of failure
External pressures like parental expectations
lack of confidence in their what they can do
- By createing a Supportive Environment
Like I said before, show empathy and understanding to reduce sure student fear of self judgment.
Use positive reinforcement to build their confidence
Especially for students that face challenge with test anxiety, oral presentations or creative projects can be less intimidating
1. Teach Coping Strategies:
I can remember when my teacher helped me face the fear of speaking in public or give speach,when he said I, "after approaching a the stage, take a deep breath for about 5-10 second while pretending to arrange my presentation paper.
That technic really helped me gain confidence and speak withou my vocal breaks, you can as well introduce techniques deep breathing and mindfulness, or visualization to help students manage anxiety during situations like this.
2. Providing Constructive Feedback
Encourage them to focus on their effort rather than outcomes to encourage a growth mindset
A student that becomes visibly upset before a complicated test like math test could benefit from smaller low pressure quizzes leading up to the main test. Also it's always good to praise their progress regardless of the score, helps them feel valued and reduces their fear of failure.
I found that helpful to me even till date, most time I feel boosted with confidence in case of failing a learning challenge task, teachers responsible for recording score never sieze appreciate and encourag me to strive hard next time.
I guess thats a good example prove that our teachers show empathy.
By understanding and addressing the various areas of student characteristics teachers can create a learning environment that showcase not only academic success but also emotional and social well being, this approach helps students develop in different perspective and equips them with the tools they need for long learning and growth.
Thanks you all for your time🥰
The explanation to overcome the weakness of the students is very good. The concept of the physical mental psyche was an extraordinary explanation. A student's weakness points out very nicely. Its correct and beautiful advice you have presented to us. If every teacher can give students such weakness and its correct solution then students will never lag behind. Good luck to you, be the winner.
Awwwwn🥰🥰🥰, thanks very much dear friend for your meaningful contribution. I pray we both win together.
looking at your content.
Brother you really nailed it.
As a Teacher it's always important to kn the students around you, to help choose a learning technique that'll ease learning process.
We know many students are not of same learning page, some are fast learner depending on their background and what techniques they're exposed to. While some might be dull because they're not familiar with the technique which not necessarily means they're not good with others techniques or methods.
so Analyzing the students strengths and weaknesses helps to moderate the best method.
Now pointing to your practical observation on behavioral character of your friend, I'll say that was a very nice one and emotions is definitely considered while learning because some students might be engulfed to it and sometimes hindered their progress or contributions.
thank you I've learned a lot amd good luck 🤞