Hi Loree, Great job of outlining your strategies for developing your learning style. I would like to offer you one idea about how you can listen even more effectively. You might want to hand out 3x5 cards every so often and have the students give you feedback on how they perceive the class is going. The method is most often used after a project has been completed. The feedback will help you to determine whether the assignment(project) was worthwhile, if you explained it clearly, and if the student saw the value of it. Since the comments are anonymous there is no risk to either you or the students. Gary