This term I am working to try out new strategies that may improve the academic learning and engagement progress of Maori students. Student A is a priority student who I have chosen to focus on in my Year 11 Social Studies class. Student A has been a challenge when it comes to focussing in class and completing classwork. He is easily distracted and often distracts others.
Towards the end of Term 1, I created a tracking sheet that closely monitored student progress for Achievement Standard 91042 Participate in a Social Justice and Human Rights action.
This sheet was made available to the students so that they could see their progress ticked off as it happens. I think this helped put a bit of pressure on Student A and others students to get their work done.
I also made an effort to give Student A more feedback, both written and verbal to continually put ongoing pressure on him so that he would keep working to complete his assessment.
