Lisa Anthony

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what was the most important fact you learned from this course?

We all have a way in which we best learn. Odds are, every student in your class has a different preferred learning style, which can make it difficult for you to be the most effective teacher. However, by trying to incorporate various methods into your teaching, you may be able to reach the majority of your students. At the college level, it is expected that students have an idea of how to adapt to most teachers, although it cannot hurt to help them out a little!

Lisa Anthony

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FLIPPED CLASSROOM

A flipped classroom is one that inverts the typical cylce of content and application so that students gain the knowledge before class and instructors can guide students to actively and interactively clarify and apply that knowledge during class. Students are more active participants in learning and thier interaction increases and students learn from one another. With more opportunities for students to apply their knowledge and therefore demonstrate their ability to use it, gaps in their understanding become visiable to bothe themselves and the instructor.

Lisa Anthony

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Creating an Accelerated Learning Enviornment

Developing, delivery and evaluation of training or instruction for students is the key to our students success in the class room. Being aware of these things while teaching takes preparation, skill and felxibility. The goal is to make the outcome for our students a positive and fruitful experience.

Lisa Anthony

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Student stressors

Stress is basically defined as an applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a body. It is usually caused by something that is out of the ordinary from everyday life, things like tests, family problems and loss of job. Today students have a lot of stress because of a lot of different reasons. There are many things that cause stress for college students; school-related issues, relationships, and peer pressure.

Lisa Anthony

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Stress in the workplace

For workers everywhere, the troubled economy may feel like an emotional roller coaster. "Layoffs" and "budget cuts" have become bywords in the workplace, and the result is increased fear, uncertainty, and higher levels of stress.