I have been successful with my student because I do pretest or do surveys the first day of classes. I ask about educations levels, how long they have been out of school, there skill level and their learning styles. This helps me set my teaching style and will set the pace for my class. I us a point system with a total of a 1000 points and my grades a in letter and % so the know what they really earned. I have a grading rubrics for every assignment and I go over that the class before each assignment and I give feedback. I also engage my students and get feedback from them. I too need to know where I am and what they have learned.
Bryant Neal
