I have found if you can relate information that students need to know with something that they are familiar with. I will also use other strategies to help remember information such as the digit location on a vehicle identification (VIN) number. The eight digit on a VIN number identifies the engine that is installed in the vehicle. Since the word engine and eight start with the letter "e" it can be a way to remember that digit.

My previous teaching experience was at a public high school. I was using a textbook that had no supplemental materials such as lesson plans, computerized test banks,power point presentations, etc. I had to develop all those materials on my own.I now teach @ a career college that all the materials like the examples listed before are provided. This does not mean that I don't have to prepare my lessons but it eliminates the stress of developing the the examples listed above.

Group work can be difficult to assess.I feel it is the instructors responsibilty to assess each student individually when assigning group work. My children are in the state university system and they are sometimes asked to work in groups on projects. They are sometimes frustrated because most of the time some of the group member(s) don't complete their portion(s) of the project and they either have to complete the missing portion(s) themselves or have to suffer the lowered grade because that portion the other group member(s) did not complete.