Fires in the Bathroom chapter 5

This chapter talks about teaching to the individual and working with the group. With the individual, the most important part is that students will develop strategies to fend off unwanted attention. If students do not want to answer a question, they will do whatever it takes to not answer. Students will do anything from going to the bathroom to writing in their notebooks with their heads down just praying that they will not get called upon. The most important part about working with groups is that you have to assess individual performance and final product separately and assess them by using a clear rubric. This way one person doesn’t carry the whole load and it makes everyone responsible for the work. Students who don’t do any of the work on and “A” project should not get that credit. Everyone should be responsible for something. The rubric will help them know exactly what the teacher is looking for.