These students give the appearance of not listening, yet they are hearing, seeing, feeling everything around them and lack the ability to sort out the important from the unimportant. Learn to limit the amount of stimuli around and in front of the students so that there are fewer obstacles between them and learning. The kinesthetic learner tap, tap, tapping his pencil on the desk may have no conscious awareness of what he is doing. If others are bothered by the noise, learn to silently walk over to the student, gently touch the pencil, look into the student's eyes, and smile. Then watch the student's surprise and positive response as he realizes what he was doing.
Some people are quieter when they are standing.
Learn to accept students' individual needs and allow a place in the room for students who need to stand up to do so. A room in which a few students are standing is sometimes quieter than one in which all students are sitting. The impulsive, critical comment or interruption must not be taken personally. People who have attention deficit disorder struggle with interpersonal and social situations because of an inability to monitor other's responses. This is particularly common for females who have ADD and is true for adults with ADD also.