Explaining Marla's Behavior

“People’s behaviors are largely the results of their experiences with stimuli in their immediate environment”(Ormrod, 2014. P. 265. And due to those experiences, it is important that as teachers we remember that students’ past and present lives environment can have a big influence on the way they behave ( Ormrod, 2014). As Marla expressed to the teacher she gets antsy (anxious) and it happens during the teacher-led instruction. I would address Marla’s behavior by paying close attention to Marla while I’m giving the instruction of the various topics to determine which one of the topics triggers her to become so anxious. Having a conversation with her after class about what exactly is making her anxious for example, if is the fear of learning