When Your Students Keep Giving Up

Do you have students that seem to give up quickly? Some get frustrated, others shut down, and others just ask for help over and over.
Here’s a brain-based perspective: Often the students who look like they’re not persevering are simply overwhelmed by challenges that are outside of their window of stress tolerance.
A students’ ability to tolerate stress is impacted by things such as past trauma, current difficulties, mental health challenges, and other factors like the presence or absence of relational supports and resources.
A great way to decrease academic stress is breaking the material down into smaller chunks. Instead of a page with ten math problems, give the student a sheet that has three math problems, then encourage them when they finish it and provide the next three problems.
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