Dealing with Problem Students

Possible responses for the difficult behaviors in the classroom
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/behavior.htm

Classroom management is an acquired skill. The goal is to maintain a controlled and orderly environment that is conducive to learning. Unfortunately, minor disruptions can change the atmosphere in the class. Below is a list of common problems and suggested strategies.
http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/tatew/Conflict.html

Occasionally, special problems enter the teaching arena. Among these are teacher-student conflict, sexual harassment, and academic misconduct. Preventing problems from occurring, being aware of university and department polices, behaving in accordance with them, and knowing how to find support services to assist are the keys to action under problem circumstances.
http://ftad.osu.edu/Publications/TeachingHandbook/chap-8.pdf

As teaching assistants and faculty members, we have all experienced the frustration of having students come to class unprepared. In desperation, I was considering remedying the situation by administrating pop-quizzes.

http://trc.virginia.edu/Publications/Teaching_Concerns/Spring_1992/TC_Spring_1992_Brock.htm

Here's one way I apply this concept to helping students with test anxiety: I ask scared students, "What is it about the test that creates your anxiety? Is it the test...or is it your judgment of the situation? Or is it your judgment of yourself? What if you could revise your judgment?" I tell them that I usually did well on tests in school partly because my "judgment" was: "I can't wait to find out how much I know about this stuff."
http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Emotions001.htm

The following is a memo from the Faculty Senate Chair at Cuyahoga Community College (OH) suggesting ways for faculty members to handle disruptive students.

http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Miscellaneous003.htm

Do you know how to prevent disruptive behavior in class, and have different strategies for dealing with it when it occurs? Teachers frequently experience various forms of disruptive student behavior, from irritating but relatively minor problems of coming late to class and/or talking during class, to more serious problems, like openly challenging the authority of the teacher.

http://www.ou.edu/idp/tips/ideas/quick18.html

Many undergraduate students find various aspects of university life stressful; and some experience circumstances or personal difficulties that lead to noticeable distress. Perhaps because they see the TA as familiar and approachable, some students will express their concerns to you.

http://www.dal.ca/~oidt/taguide/GeneralInteractions.html

In addition to the students who express their concerns directly to you, there may be others whom you notice in distress or difficulty. In some cases you may be the first or only University employee to do so. For example, the student may look depressed, or become overly emotional about some minor event, or act very differently than is characteristic for her or him.
http://www.dal.ca/~oidt/taguide/StudentsinDistress.html

Sitting in on a class given by another TA may provide helpful insight on how students and TAs act and interact. Discuss your concerns about your teaching with your supervisor, your fellow TAs, or with the Office of Instructional Development and Technology
http://www.dal.ca/~clt/taguide/StudentExpectations.html

For students, grades are equivalent to pay checks. They have a right, not only to be graded fairly, but also to know why they have been given a certain grade. You must be willing to explain exactly why you gave the grade you did.

http://www.dal.ca/~clt/taguide/GradeDisputes.html

We sometimes present this scenario in our teaching workshops and ask the participants to brainstorm possible responses to any of these behaviors—not just good responses, but good, questionable, and terrible responses.

http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Columns/Dayswork.html

Contains various disruptive behaviors and the possible responses/solutions by the teacher.

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/behavior.htm

The examples of class incivility the teacher
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/03/21/p16s1.htm

Strategies for Dealing with Troublesome Behaviors in the Classroom
http://www.ntlf.com/html/pi/9710/strat.htm

The Civility Project of the Center for Communication and Social Policy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, seeks to advance the following goals:- encourage the understanding and practice of civility in public discourse and social life.
http://www.ccsp.ucsb.edu/civil.htm