What do teachers want students to know?

Teachers want students to recognize individual strengths and weaknesses. They want students to apply their strengths so that others in the class can learn from them. They want students to be aware of their weaknesses and to make a continuous effort to improve upon those weaknesses.

What do teachers think of quiet students?

Most teachers know that shy students are like anyone else in their class: we want to reach them and hope that they have a good class experience. I have never known a teacher to dislike a shy student, if that is what you are asking.

Do teachers secretly hate students?

Teachers not only dislike but hate such students. Those can either be students in the same class or maybe their juniors. Regardless, this bad habit is one thing that teachers won’t tolerate. You will see that these students are often suspended and have to meet with the principal more often than they attend classes.

Why do students think they understand when they don’t?

Why Students Think They Understand When They Don’t By: Daniel T. Willingham Students often think they understand a body of material and, believing that they know it, stop trying to learn more. But come test time, it turns out they really don’t know the material very well at all.

Why do students ask questions they know I don’t know the answer to?

But often, students ask questions they know I won’t know the answer to, just to stall for time or get me off topic. That’s why I just say “I don’t know” and keep moving forward sometimes. I know what they’re trying to do. They try their best to dismiss it. Teacher: “So today we are going to learn about rectangles and squares.

Why don’t teachers like quiet students?

Just because we’re quiet, doesn’t’ mean you have to give up on us. Teachers often assume that it’s not worth talking to or getting to know the quiet students because they don’t have anything to say hence they don’t have potential.

How well do students really know the material?

Students often think they understand a body of material and, believing that they know it, stop trying to learn more. But come test time, it turns out they really don’t know the material very well at all.