QR Challenge: Classroom Management Situations

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. A small group of students often attends your class, but its members have not read the assigned readings, and therefore contribute little in discussions. How would you handle this situation?	Give brief, periodic quizzes, provide study questions or study guides to be completed by class session (can be submitted for grading), assign students to present selected content to the class.
2. A few students enjoy reading the paper during class or frequently carry on their own conversation, which, at times, annoys others. How would you handle this situation?	Try using small groups (increases engagement), use Think/Pair/Share (call on inattentive students, after asking a question that students think about and share with a peer), use Write/Pair/Share (call on inattentive students, after asking a question, having students write down an answer, and having them share their answers with a partner) or One‐ Minute Paper (call on those students, after asking a question, and students write a one‐minute answer), move around the classroom for proximity to inattentive students, rotate class seating or re‐group students, confer with student(s) privately.
3. Student comes to class, sits in the back of the class near the door, rarely speaks to classmates, and has yet to ask or share information in class. How would you handle this situation?	Use structured small groups: assign group roles and require group processing, randomly select group members to share a summary of group work, use Think‐Pair‐Share and Write‐Pair‐Share.
4. Student seems to have a chip on his/her shoulder. His/ her comments in class often sound either angry or hostile. Even his/her nonverbal behavior seems contentious (looks of contempt, etc.). How would you handle this situation?	Acknowledge student as an individual (encouraging comments on assignments, confer with student on assignments, respond in a constructive manner, etc., meet privately with the student and respectfully ask him or her to moderate his or her behavior, Listen carefully and respectfully then state your position, calmly presenting the issue to entire class, and encourage responses.
5. A lively class discussion has turned into an intense argument involving 4‐6 students. Hostile and damaging comments are being exchanged. How would you handle this situation?	Use constructive controversy/structure a debate: – Encourage discussion of multiple views – Instruct students to debate the opposite view – Encourage discussion of multiple views, list evidence of views on board (T‐Chart or Two‐ Column method or more, representing each view), slow tempo of voice and ask an open‐ended question, use Rotating Chair technique (speaker summarizes previous statement before sharing their comment), circular Response Discussion (each student shares a comment).
6. You just discovered a student cheating on a test in your large class. How would you handle this situation?	Speak with the student after class, remind the class about policies on cheating and that cheating will not be tolerated as it violates the class rule of being responsible, make contact with the student's parents to discuss the situation allowing them to speak with their child at home.
7. You are in the middle of your lesson and two girls in the back will not stop talking. The talking is becoming distracting to others and your teaching. How would you handle this situation?	Use close proximity to quiet the students, call on the students and wait for response. If not response is given calming remind them to listen to your teaching and to please stop talking. Move the students. Give the students a task or responsibility that will draw their attention away from each other, possibly writing or recording notes during the lesson or completing a graphic organizer.
8. During transitions from the end of the lesson to specials a confrontation breaks out among two boys. The boys begin to push one another and some words are exchanged. How would you handle this situation?	Quickly and assertively move in and separate the boys. Calmly ask the boys to move to opposite sides of the room or to take their seats. Redirect the class and, if needed, ask another student to get another teacher to escort the class to specials or support you in the situation. When calmed down, ask to speak with the boys together to help facilitate problem resolution. Contact the office concerning the situation and the parents.
9. A student in your class always calls out answers and never raises their hand. He is speaking over students and out of turn. How would you handle this situation?	You could ignore the behavior and hope that the student gets the idea by not supporting his desire for attention. You should redirect to another student, positively praising the student for their quiet hand. Speak with the student quietly or privately as to why this behavior is unacceptable. Remind the student of the rules and which he or she is not respecting.

 

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