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Hello Courtney,

There was a similar question in the forums that you might be interested in:

https://learningcenter.nsta.org/discuss/default.aspx?tid=02JTTVf3ppE_E#95814

And, I answered this question in a couple of NSTA's Ask a Mentor blog:

http://nstacommunities.org/blog/2018/12/28/this-student-is-too-loud-this-student-is-too-quiet-this-student-is/

http://nstacommunities.org/blog/2018/01/15/testy-lab-behavior/

Good luck in your student teaching!

Hope this helps,

Gabe

Gabe gave some great links. I would like to add that the more you focus on the students exhibiting positive behaviors, the better day you will have, and the students not giving their best behavior usually do better to get that recognition.