Rick Lavoie’s Suggestions for Working With Students

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Rick Lavoie’s Suggestions for working with Students
Students have different levels and capacities for learning, comprehending, and retaining concepts. In the video, Rick Lavoie suggests several ways of dealing with and working with students to maximize students learning potential (YouTube, 2018). He points out the instances when teachers use slamming words on students with learning disabilities, making their weaknesses bolder instead of helping them.
One strategy Rick Lavoie suggests for working with students is refraining from using sarcasm. Most teachers use sarcastic words on students with learning disabilities, not knowing that the words/statements may stick in their minds forever (YouTube, 2018). For most instructors, using sarcastic words is almost unintentional and unconscious; it is a general reaction that most teachers p...