I believe that students learn greatly by the example that is laid out by the Instructor. An Instructor who is ill prepared, is setting a horrible example for the student who already struggles with priorities and being prepared for everyday life issues.

The extra credit we offer on some exams just makes up for a question you might have missed. I would like to be able to offer something to the students that have to work harder than others but we have no policy for that. I just give them verbal praise for there progress. It seems to help but doesn't change there grade.

Back up plans are a must. But its easy to get off track if they dont relate to the subject. Just when you think you have seen every kind of learner there will be another style of person. I learn something new all the time.

I am a overhead and chalk board teacher in the classrooms. I can see that I need to keep it cleaner now after going thru this last module... It made a lot of sense to me

Having all the classroom content organized I think is a must. There are plenty of instructors that just dont understand that. They don't care for the classes or maybe they don't understand the content. But in the lab they are fine. Maybe they should spend a little more time before class getting ready. I think you should be there and ready well before your students. You are then ready to teach your class and they know that.

It is important to specify your grading system in the syllabus and give the syllabus on the first day of your class. I think is better to create a grading system in percentage then point system.The students know their grade in percentage.Keep informing the students about their grades like after mid term.

I agree pretest is a good tool to know where new students stand in the class.The instructor can work according with students.Status assessments are also important, this tells the progress of a student.

I found 10/20/30 rule for developing Power Point Presentation is very good and helpful.The common mistakes that instructors make when using chalk/white board can be avoided after studying this course.

Field trips are important.You can know your students more closely and they can prepare worksheets on things ,the instructor wants them to focus on.

Ifeel if you are not ready for classthe stundent will see this and not willing to show up or will be late for class because you don't show them you really what to teach them and care for them.

I teach electrical class's i like to grade on hand on projects we also take our stundent out doing work out in the field working with other people in the trades this lets the stundents fill they have done something good for someone else.

I gave a Student a B because after several times of explaining how important it is to submit work on time the Student still continued to submit it late. I deducted 10 points from the final grade. The Student was upset and said so you just decided to give me a B and ruin my 4.0 average. The student is angry and thinks its my fault. How do you handle something like that?

Most of us know the flow of a class that we have taught numerous times. What happens though if you start a new subject for the first time? I find it helpfull to plan learning activities that will be useful in making my students interested in the topic, fun, and engaging. These may or may not be used depending on timing of the class schedule. Remembering this should make the creation of what's in your back pocket an activity that reenforces class discussions but are not a replacement for what would considered to be a necessity to the course syllabus.

I evaluate every student and I try my best to see in my students effects and their accomplished.I reward them .

When these kind of situation starts happening my my class room, I always have enought to be work and the students know how you are, how you handle your class.I make every strategies to make it work in a class, be very patience.

This is an everyday of selecting on every Methods of how you comunicate with students and on how you give them the instructions to them,be very motivated, be encouraging, and you will see the difference.

In order to be prepared to a class room is , as an instructor ( me ) I start preparing what is going to be taught then have hands on work and go over the work then if they dont understand I will answer every question they have.

Use colored paper for handaouts if possible because color draws the eye of the receiver and considered as visual learning to the students.

When I started out teaching I was hesitant to incorporate listed learning objectives in the course because as a student myself I often look over the learning objectives and skip to course content. But as I have been teaching for over a year now I see how learning objectives are very beneficial. If learning objectives are clearly posted, easy to understand and are relevant to the students' success in their field they can have a major impact on students' success and memory retention. I am constantly directing my students back to our learning objectives while they are doing activities in lab and in class as it helps them make connections and see that what they are doing will help them be more successful.

The day prior a test, I conduct a test review and make it a fun exercise. I divide the class in teams and either do a Jeopardy Game or any other type of competitive game. Asking questions from the class content, it is amazing how the students will be giving their 100% attention and seem to retain the content more accurately. I have seen a direct impact on the grade of the students and more importantly their understanding of the content.