Raafat Baheeg

I catch myself looking into the eyes of a few students when I lecture. I don't know why those students specifically, maybe that they are reciprocating, or paying attention, or not taking notes, so they are looking to me.. I don't really know..

I love to give equal attention to students, and after my 12 years of teaching college level students, it's still not that easy.

I like the idea of having the angry/frustrated student write down their concern, so it will calm them down, allow them to reconsider the validity of their complaint, while give the instructor time to re-evaluate and plan the best response.

I've dealth with angry students, frustrated students, cheating students, and "know it all" students..

It's always a challenge to do the right thing, come across the right way, say the right words, express the right feelings.. but it's a continuous learning curve that won't stop as long as we deal with others...

Self control is of atmost importance, and pausing… >>>

I loved the idea of seating chart, as it's fair to everyone to rotate using the different raws of the classroom, it also provides a little fresh atmosphere every session, so they don't get "too comfortable" in one area.

Reply to Shelley Freshman's post:I totally agree with your comment, Shelley. Every word.

I've been applying most of these strategies in my 12 years of teaching adult healthcare students.

One thing I liked was to give a 3 second pause after asking a question, in order to encourage students to think carefully, and also to prevent the very active students from jumping immediately to answer.

Another point was to make the student sound better when answering a question, until they get it.. That's really good.