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Not so Helpful

In my position I do not evaluate students.

Helpful

This helps as I am training students to reach there career goals

Helpful

This is helpful when dealing with diverse students

Preparing for the Classroom

This will be beneficial since this is my 1st time in education

i dislike powerpoint

i feel that interacting and writting on the board is more effective in teaching.

extra credit

i do not think extrea credit should go towards any test or quiz grades

study guides be collected

should they be given any points value

Understanding yourself / Observing Other Instructors

I agree that it is important to understand your personality style. We have done that at out school and I have found it to be very helpful. Not just for myself, but in understanding other personality types. I also think it it very valuable to observe other instructors. Everytime I do I always learn new method, tips or techniques that I can use in my classroom. I wish that more opportunity existed to observe others!

Evaluation

I found the best two forms of evaluation is a written essay and multiplechoice

Students Learning Styles

Student have different learning styles. I use all styles in my class. I have the students read the chapter and write 10 questions from the chapter. I lecture on the most unanswered questions and then I have the class do activities on them. My powerpoint slides have responses during the slide and sometimes I have the students write down their questions and wait until after the slide to see how much they can retain.

Instructing the Students

My main objectives is to teach the students how to study, What to look for when they read, and how to breath during a test. My powerpoint slides are sometimes colorful and comical. After the slides, I do a activity then send the students on a break. Before I finish the slides after the break, I do a review with the students to see how much they remember.

Preparing for Class

I always make a schedule of what I expect the students to do during the semister. This gives the students that they will pass the class because they could either prepare the work early and hold it until it's due or if they miss time from class they won't feel like they are falling behind because they know exactly what they missed and they can prepare it for their return to school.

PPT & Notetaking

Personally I like to use power point to allow students the opportunity to take better notes. It helps reduce the need to keep the pen scribbling away and allows their ears to be open more. Cognitively they can only focus on so much, so if they are writing only the details that i discuss above and beyond the ppt, i feel they have more resources to think about the content and ask questions.

students with disabilities

How do you accomodate students with dislexia, I've tried to test them in different setting to allow them to read to themselves,I've also tried to read the test to the individual. I know they know the material, the issue comes from spelling. I'm talking simple spelling words such as "this", "mean" and so on. I want some advise on how to help them at such a late stage in their life, I believe that they can learn how to do it, but how else can I possibly help?

Is lying to our students the best practice?

While reading the section Creating and Troubleshooting Grading Methods, When Your Test Doesn't Work, I was horrified to learn that your best advice to me was: Sometimes as you are working late into the night on an exam, the brilliance of your mind is reflected in your test questions. Unfortunately that "classic exam" of which you are so proud at 2:00 am may miss the mark when it is actually given. You can't just throw it out because from then on, your students will claim that each exam is bad and should be thrown out. What you can do is record the scores from the first exam, tell the class how disappointed you are in their scores and that you are going to give them another chance on another exam. You then rewrite the exam, review the materials with the class and give the new exam. Am I understanding correctly that the CEE suggest that I lie to my students, not take responsibility for my actions, tell them that they scored badly and then make them test again? I think that’s dishonest on so many levels.

Instructors Shap & Size

apply a balance of most of these styles is sure to resonate with the majority of students

rewarding with extra credit

I have a student that has a learning disability,but her hands on knowledge is great.She did a presentation and i rewarded her with extra credit due to the effort she put into it and the presentation.Am I wrong for doing that

study guides for students

Do you add additional questions that will not be on the test, but they should know for their skills they are training for?

missed tests

Our school policy is to deduct points , but UI prefer your suggestion of an alternate test for make up

instructional techniques

Are some more effective than others?