How to figure out your student’s personality inside the classroom: Five Tricky Personalities and How to Handle Them.

In this article, you'll find a personal experience of a teacher called Bill Rogers. According to Rogers, every single teacher is looking forward to running their classes in a smooth way. Nevertheless, there are many factors which lead to the opposite of what the teachers wish to! In Rogers’s article he discussed the following personalities with the perfect way to handle with them:
 
•    The Chatterbox
•    The Clinger
•    The Boycotter
•    The Debater



A-    The Chatterbox In a classroom, as Rogers was observing. The teacher was explaining a point and everyone was focusing on him. Suddenly, the chatterbox students start whispering with other students.
And he is literary explaining what happened in the class, as following:

Teacher: "Lisa and Emma, I'm trying to teach!"
Lisa: "I wasn't talking. Geez!"
Teacher: "Lisa, I saw you talking to Emma. Don't talk while I'm teaching. Pay attention."
Lisa: "C'mon, Emma just asked me about the work!"
Teacher: "Look — I don't care who said what.
(The teacher is naturally becoming irritated, especially by Lisa's tone and body language.)
Lisa: "But, Emma "
Teacher: "Lisa!" This loud response is followed by "One more word and I'll . . ." or a stand-up lecture: "I'm sick and tired of . . ." Either way, there is collateral damage.


#Strategies to Use:

1.    Give a positive direction or reminder, followed by thanks:
The teacher should focus on the good side always and try to be nice to the students so they will feel that they have to be nice to him. The teacher should stop complaining and tell the students that he is tired if them. Instead, he should remind them about the class rule in a very lovely way! Eventually, students will get used and stop annoying or talk to each other. 

2.    Choose your tone of voice and body language.
These factors are very important to keep control over the class. Whenever the teacher is using his tone of voice correctly, the students will immediately know what the teacher is meaning. As well as the body language, it is very important that teachers make use of their body to deliver some messages to the classroom, otherwise, nobody will pay attention to them.

3.    Try a strategic pause.
Whenever the teacher is paused between the commands he is saying, the students are paying more attention and all listen or waiting to what the teacher want to say. In the situation above, it was better if the teacher mentions the student's name without saying what wrong, which will make both Emma & Lisa stop talking.

4.    Keep the focus on the primary issue by knowing how to redirect.

If we prevent the chatterbox students from talking and ask them to face front the board, in fact, we are addressing a primary behavior which is the teacher’s right is to explain and the other students’ right is learning! While the main trouble is not solved, the chatterbox students might turn back again to talk which mean the second behavior is not solved yet! So, it is better that the teacher partially agreeing (dignifying the students’ feelings) and then back again to the primary behavior.

#Strategies in Action:

Lisa and Emma are chatting and whispering while the teacher is explaining the lesson. The teacher is noticing someone is talking in the class. The teacher might pause for a while. Pausing is a good idea but not this time. So, the teacher directs Emma & Lisa by saying
 "Emma. ., Lisa. ., facing this way and listening, thanks."
 Lisa, complaining, says, "But we were discussing what you were explaining" The teacher is showing no interest to them and replay
 “Maybe you were, but I want you to face the front and listen, thanks. You'll need to know this stuff’ this way the teacher has controlled the situation but quietly.

Introduction to students' personalities!

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http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

 

#Do human vary?

First, what is Human variation?

“Human variation, is the range of possible values for any characteristic - physical or mental - of human beings” (Merriam-Webster dictionary, 1828)

 According to Revelle, w(2013), it is so obvious that one person is different from the other but the reasons why are they vary still not that clear. Because of that, a special study created to study the individual differences between people. Scientists keep wondering whether sex, culture, age, or ethnicity are playing a big major in the differences between human. Later on it was obvious that these factors are playing a major in the differences besides other factors. However, people can vary in the color of their skin, eyes, high and even personalities. As a result, psychologist came up with a lot of personalities test to categorize people.

#MALE’S VS. FEMALE’S Personalities:

Rettner (2012) claims that study suggested that there are big differences between male’s & female’s personalities, since it has been stated that both of them are from different planet. However, 18% of men’s personalities match with the women’s personalities & vice versa. Anyhow, majority of women have personality traits that are quite distinct from those of men, and vice versa, the researchers say! In general, men attend to be more aggressive, reliable and emotionally stable, while women are more sensitive, imaginative and very emotional. "Psychologically, men and women are almost a different species," said study researcher Paul Irwing, of the University of Manchester, in the United Kingdom.

 

#How different are men and women?

Irwing and his colleagues established a personality test and analyses the information they got from more than 10,000 different person in USA. They were between the ages of 15 and 92. The test that they have created, was measuring 15 personality facets, including warmth, emotional stability, dominance, liveliness, social boldness, sensitivity and openness to change. Later, Irwing and his colleagues combined the results they got and found a lot of differences in differences aspects. Finally, they came up with the result that sexes is one of the factor that why human are vary! (Rettner, 2012)

 

#Do you expect to find any difficulties in your classroom?

The classroom is just similar to the real world but smaller! Logically, the teacher is going to deal with both male and female students for two or more hours per a day. It is very expected to have tough times, sometimes! The question is:

How personality’s type affects your student’s experiences in the classroom?

To find the answer &and for more details, please check the link below!

https://sites.google.com/cas.edu.om/studperso/home