“Proven To Work” Tips To Manage Crowded Classes

Classroom management is very important

Classroom management is one of the main preoccupations of most teachers. The First Five Things to do to Manage a Classroom. If the teacher cannot control his class, it is impossible to teach his students anything. Six General Tips to Manage a Class. One of the difficulties we face is the “crowded classes” 12 Tips to Control a Large Class.

If the levels of students are varied, you can:

• Divide the students into three groups: good, average, and low achievers. Ask each low achiever student to sit next to a good one. In this way, a good student can help the low-achiever.
• Use various strategies to suit the needs of all students.
• Give different work to different students according to their ability levels. For E.g. you can ask easier questions to students who are not confident and more difficult questions to stronger ones. 
• Make each student feel important by remembering and calling the student by his own name.

If it is difficult to keep the noise down in large classes and you take a lot of time to get the attention of the whole class, you can:

• Make everyone responsible for getting one another’s attention.
• Have some sort of signal which means “Stop Talking”.
• Not shout and ignore students who shout.

If the students have little chance to talk and it is difficult to correct their errors, you can:

• Avoid immediate error correction on every occasion. 
• Use facial expressions to show that there is a mistake.
• Use finger correction or your own gestures.
• Allow the student to correct himself. If he is unable to do that, ask another student to do so.

If the amount of “written work” is limited because of the large number of students, you can:

• Set homework which is easy to mark.
• Get the students to correct one another’s work.
• Collect part of the work each time.

If you want your students to behave well, you should:

• Teach according to the level of your students.
• Do your best to communicate clearly.
• Act confidently holding your shoulders and head high and looking at your students’ eyes.
• Move around the class and have a well-planned preparation.
• Make sure that your students understand you. 
• Let your students share some of the responsibilities in the class. The more responsibility students have, the more they will cooperate with you and your instructions.

General tips to manage large classes well

• Make the ground rules clear from the beginning of the school term. Four Tips to Enforce Students to Follow Rules in Class
• Don’t shout or humiliate your student. Show respect for all the individuals in the classroom.
• Reward good behaviour rather than punish the bad one.
• Change activities every 20 minutes making your lesson interesting.
• Start your lesson with fun e.g. a song or a game.
• Involve the whole class as much as you can as involved students have less time to bother others.
• Ask students to work in pairs or in groups.
• Give clear instructions.
• Use visual aids
• Walk around when students are working and encourage them.
• Allow enough time for students to reply and avoid interrupting them.
• Give students enough opportunities to speak during the lesson.  
• Two Solutions to Challenges Teachers Face in Large Classes

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