DEALING WITH

SLOW LEARNERS
1. Psychological Analysis & Problem solution

The more & more we think about the child the
more we get the solution. Firstly, we have to
search the problem area of the child. The
problem of the child may be his family or friends
or his personal condition. If we go for personal
asking questions as a relative of his own, then
we can be assured about getting some
difficulties for which the child is not reading.
Then we, from our level will try to get solution of
this problem.
2. Guidance from his/her level

Every child has a level of his own. Level of
understanding is different from one child to
another. The weak child more often can't
understand the studies because he has not
understood the previous formula/concept in the
previous classes. How can he understand the
concept of class IX if he has not understood the
simple concept of class VII & VIII? That's why
the child should be personally taught from his
understanding level.
3. Encouragement in small success


The greatest factor for the success of the life of the child
is his encouragement. If we try to find out the strengths
of the weak child then we come across some of them. If
we try to applaud him with encouraging words & give
confidence he definitely feels his importance & worth.
Once the child has grown his confidence means he will
definitely improve. The most important cause of his
weakness is we; the teachers always give importance to
the good children & neglect the weaker in the class.
Encouragement can change the whole personality of a
child.
4. Fixing the goal & prescribing a time-table


The child should be persuaded to make a time
table for the study purpose. Sometimes some
children have no goal regarding study. The
teacher should observe those children & inspire
them to fix the goal for the life & help him to
make a time table for every day work so that the
child will be captured through the time table to
do the things at write time.
5. Giving memory tips

More often the child forgets what ever he learns.
That's why he loses his confidence on him &
differentiates between him & the good students.
The teacher's role is to give the tips such as
how to recall', in which way to write
systematically', when to learn', how to learn'
etc.
6. Giving importance in the class

It's always seen that the class room teaching goes on
with the direction & understanding of the strong children.
But if the average children do not understand your
teaching & you are just running towards the completion
of syllabus then the whole teaching is a futile one. Some
times it's very urgent to go near the weak child & ask
personally whether he has understood or not. Here the
teacher's asking approach should be very polite & sweet,
not rude.
7. Self-reading method

Most of the weak children are found that they
neglect self reading. They may have the
language understanding problem for which they
do not take interest to read. If the teacher freely
tells the child to come at home or to him in extra
time for understanding the key words then little
little the child will take interest to self reading.
Then definitely he improves himself slowly.
8. Questions for practice


Some questions can be given time to time to
engage the learner in the habit of study. That is
a practice which can enable the student to come
across the learning point at a regular basis.

9. Special guidance beyond school hour


Basically we the teachers now have become very
professional. After school hour we hesitate to give even
a single minute to the children which reduce our rapport.
The weak children, they need special attention beyond
school hour that is personally to take up the child's
difficulty. We the teachers, beyond school hour, either
we waste time in gossiping or earn money in tuition. If
we give 1hour extra time for the weak children then
definitely they will improve. Because it is very difficult to
give time to the weak ones in the classroom itself.
10. Seating arrangement


More often we see that the strong children in the class
room don't wish to sit with the weak children. The weak
ones always sit with the weak. This is another cause for
the no improvement of the weak children. If the class
teacher prepares seating arrangements properly to
benefit the weak children-to make arrangement to sit the
strong one with the weak one & instruct to the strong one
to help the weak one in studies then the weak ones may
be improved in studies.
11. Search physical or mental problem


The teacher should find out any physical or mental
problem of the child. A child is not writing anything from
the black board means may be some eye defect. A child
is not obeying the words of the teacher, may be some
mental problem is there. Some children are severely
affected by the physical problems which made them lazy
to read & write. Firstly the teacher/parent should find out
the problems then treat them accordingly.

12. Creating confidence level in his/her interest
areas

The teacher should observe the child & secretly know
the interest areas of the child. Even if the child plays, act,
does some work the teacher/parent should find out his
interest/specialty. Because, every child is special. The
encouragement can be started from the child's interest
areas. When the child builds his confidence in his
interest area then we can expand & inspire the same
confidence in other areas also.

13. BE A FRIEND TO HIM

Be a friend to the weak child. Teacher should
try to knowingly mix with the child more & more
with him. Unknowingly when the friendship is
build with that child then the child starts loving
the teacher. The starting of love starts the
surrender of the child towards the same teacher.
Then the teacher, whatever he tells the child
obeys it. The mystery of all success is the love,
understanding & friendship.

Many more children are waiting to catch your
lovable hand. They are searching you as a
friend. They are so called by the society as slow
learners or weak ones but actually they are not.
May be some unfortunate moment misguided
them. Is it not noble to improve them, support
them to develop in their own pace? Is it not wise
to take care of them? The history has proved the
slow learners such as Thomas Edison & Gandhi
as the world class Scientist & Leader
respectively.


Every child is special. As every child has a soul,
there is every possibility of improvement, sooner
or later. The goal of the soul is to develop. The
source of energy is lying within them but the only
thing is to stretch the hand of confidence
towards them which will solve their problem &
improve their quality.