My role for the day was dealing with students talking out of turn, which everyone knows is my favorite thing to do. The students were not engaging so much with direct instruction. I have been trying to think about it in the ZPD mindset, and I think what didn't quite get them there was relevance. I never realized what a huge component of strong education relevance is, but it feels like a "DUH" moment. How many times when I was a teen did I go "I just don't care?" More than I'm willing to admit.
Anyway, there are a couple students who have been picked as being gifted, and so they do not care. It's finding a way to engage them in work that they feel is below them without compounding their workload but still challenging them.
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