Student feedback is a funny thing. You never know what your students are thinking until you ask. I always like to give my own feedback questionaire at the end of the semester to help me plan for the upcoming semester. It gives me the opportunity to see what was working, what wasn't, and what fell flat that I thought was a homerun.
What did I discover? There is at least one student that feels like I give preferential treatment to one of the other students in the class. I'll talk more about the impact of teachers playing favorites with kids later on today, but as for that particular piece of feedback? Spot on. I do give that kid preferential treatment. I'll flat out say I like the kid better than most of the others in that class. Why? He's prepared, completes his work, doesn't talk so much when he's not supposed to. All around fantastic student.
What doesn't the disgruntled child understand? Just because I give more freedom to one student and just flat our like that student more doesn't mean that I love my other students any less. I'm equally invested in all of their success. Now I just need to work on communicating that more effectively.
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What did I discover? There is at least one student that feels like I give preferential treatment to one of the other students in the class. I'll talk more about the impact of teachers playing favorites with kids later on today, but as for that particular piece of feedback? Spot on. I do give that kid preferential treatment. I'll flat out say I like the kid better than most of the others in that class. Why? He's prepared, completes his work, doesn't talk so much when he's not supposed to. All around fantastic student.
What doesn't the disgruntled child understand? Just because I give more freedom to one student and just flat our like that student more doesn't mean that I love my other students any less. I'm equally invested in all of their success. Now I just need to work on communicating that more effectively.
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