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Bobbi Bricker
Bobbi Bricker

Doing the best you can.

I think often when instructors are new, they forget that they have the knowledge necessary to be a good instructor. Sometimes it takes practice, but realizing that you know more than your students do, proves that you have something to offer. How do you remind yourself that you always have something to offer your students? Bobbi Bricker
Louis Eguaras
Louis Eguaras

Immediate results

For quizzes and finals, I go over this the very first thing during the day... A) It becomes a refresher and B) It make be asked again in the final so they should get the idea or concept. The students like the feedback because they feel that they know what they need to student more next and what to concentrate on for the next quiz. ~Louis
Louis Eguaras
Louis Eguaras

Giving pretests

On the first day of class, I have about 5 questions on the board to gauge where the students are coming from regarding the subject matter. Usually I will get a sense what the class knows or does not know. What other methods of pretests would you suggest? ~Louis
Louis Eguaras
Louis Eguaras

Serious comedy

My instructional style, many who teach with me know this, is presented with a sense of humor but at the same time, make you think? I like to engage my students and ask questions that will make them laugh first then think at the same time. Laughter produces the blood to move faster through the brain and wakes people up and I then engage them with insightful questions. I find that students are receptive to this and therefor do not find my class boring. ;-) ~Louis
Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly

Power Point Pictures

Should there be a limit on the number of demonstration pictures in a text power point presention?
Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly

Student Learning Suffering...

What are common senerios that would cause student learning to suffer? I.E. an instructor teaching for the wrong reason.
brittany waldon
brittany waldon

Calculation of students Performance

Students should continue to receive evaluations on a biweekly basis
brittany waldon
brittany waldon

Too Much Work for Allotted Time

Break down work into various class sessions
brittany waldon
brittany waldon

Learning Objectives

Make sure sudents know the objectives for the course
brittany waldon
brittany waldon

Preparing yourself for the classroom

Be prepared to cater to all the learning styles of students
Rebecca Sardo
Rebecca Sardo

informing atudents

Keeping students aware of their progress, gives them encouragement.
Rebecca Sardo
Rebecca Sardo

troubleshooting

when I explain something new and I see scrunched up faces, I ask if maybe one of the students would like to explain it in a different way, to get the class involved.
Rebecca Sardo
Rebecca Sardo

educating students

That is our job, and the more knowledge we have to share the better we can teach out students to be successful. The more thay trust us to get the job done.
Rebecca Sardo
Rebecca Sardo

BEING ORGANIZED

Being prepared for class helps the students see that you care, and are ready to get down to business,on time. I feel it helps them know that I care and am organized.
Tracy-Ann Salmon
Tracy-Ann Salmon

Evaluation

Should instructors be evaluated base on their skills or how the classroom work in lab.
farid zadi
farid zadi

student progress

given at the end of every week to make sure student know where they stand.
farid zadi
farid zadi

pretest

how often would you give pretest?
farid zadi
farid zadi

delivery

by making sure the cours content is delivered ,you better prepare the students for assessements
farid zadi
farid zadi

being a role model

being who you are and what do you represent for the student is very important to the eyes of a student,sometimes a word can make a lifetime differences
KEVIN DU
KEVIN DU

power piont

it si important not to just read from seach slide, not rush through the presentation no more than fivepionts per slide