University of New Mexico - Valencia Campus
Teaching & Learning Center
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
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
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