It sounds like Hannah has very low self esteem in herself and I scared to get make a mistake on her assignments. She knows the work but she is very hesitant in making the moves to perform the assignments on account she’s scared of messing up. She has no motivation in her as well to just attempt the problems and if you get something wrong then you learn from your mistake. She needs to break out of her comfort shell and not only motivate herself to attempt the problems but break out into a whole new person. She needs to work on her social skills so if she does have a question about something she can either ask the teacher or even a friend to tutor her on somethings she has trouble with.
As a teacher I would have the students work on half of the problems with a partner. By doing this Hannah would have to talk about the problems to another student and maybe open up on the social side as well. ANother suggestion I would make is have a couple of students work out the problems on the board. This will help her make that first step to completing the problem. I always hated doing work on the board in front of the class, but that feel worry made me want to work out the problem so when it was my time to do it on the board I would know how to do it and explain it to the class.
I think your idea of working on a paper with a partner is very interesting. I think the one on one attention will help give Hannah the confidence she needs without overwhelming her with a whole group.
ReplyDeleteWhat form of motivation is she lacking? What theory are you using to back up these suggestions? (Why exactly do you know they will work?)
ReplyDeleteBreaking out of her comfort shell and 'opening up' are things that may happen, but in terms of psychology, what do you think is going on? Psychologically, what specifically could you target to intervene in the problem she's displaying?