How Should I Respond to Wrong (or Not Very Good) Answers?

The stakes are high when an instructor responds to a student answer that is wrong or just not very good.

What the teacher says to a student will influence future class participation and discussions.

To increase the chances of student participation, it helps to have a toolkit of strategies to employ.

In this Magna 20 Minute Mentor, Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D., introduces you to 13 possible strategies and responses.

This professional development program will:

• Challenge you to think about exchanges that you have had with your students and how they responded, and then about other approaches that you could have used in these situations to obtain better results.
• Introduce you to 13 specific strategies to help encourage interaction with your students.
• Help you identify strategies that you are currently using and then to consider additional strategies to expand your repertoire.

Learning outcomes

You’ll come away with specific suggestions and techniques for implementing 13 possible responses to help students learn and grow, like:

• Ask the student how they arrived at their conclusion to help you follow their thought process.
• Inform the student that the answer is wrong but complement him or her on making the effort.

Make this program available for ongoing training

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