Instructional Delivery & Assessment

Public

Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.

Allen Stonebraker

Teaching

I teach electrical so we use code book, hands on wiring I go over the codes and then go to the lab and do wiring on what they have learned from the book. We also take them out on field trips were they use what they learn.

Larry Michael CHEP

color adds more information; helps students see patterns

I use color to convene information i.e. to draw the eye to follow a path I found that color has helped several student grasp concept that have eluded them in the past

Larry Michael CHEP

students show up late / unprepaired

I let the students know the rules the very first day and that if your late/unprepared - that put you at a disadvantage and disrupts the rest of the class - i explain that what you do in class is like practice and when you get a real job you will do the same thing i.e. late to class late to work: show up unprepared for class you will show up unrepair for work -- also this is not high school! in today world, you do either you will not have a job!

Nancy Rhomberg

teaching in afcombo theory and learning skills lab

I teach in an LVN nursing theory and skills lab combined. my biggest problem are students who have had some skills lab background as CNA and think they know it all they are more hindrance than help and lead some virgin students down the wrong path way. any suggestions

Joseph Chicalese

classroom management

my solution to managing the class is to cover the material completely then reinforce the content in the shop.

John Kimbert

Cell Phone Usage in Class -- Solution

When a class is large enough, it is possible to see a couple of students hiding in the back and stealthily using their phones beneath their desk. My solution to this problem is to stop the lecture and just look at them. After a few seconds, the students who are paying attention start to laugh nervously. As the student with the phone realizes he or she has become the center of attention, they tend to modify their behavior. Students will modify their behavior more effectively when their own peers signal that what they are doing is inappropriate.

Tammy Gorman

So much

There is never enough time to prepare

Tammy Gorman

Learining from students

I really enjoy the questions

Tammy Gorman

First day

The first day can be very exciting with meeting new people

Tammy Gorman

Dental lecture

Dental lectures are the best when showing videos and hands-on?

Tiffany Toombs

Closed and open questioning

Is the open and closed questioning concept similar to Socratic questioning?

Duanna Santos

New to instructing

I am new to instructing... Any helpful tips??

Mark Dumes

First Day

On the first day of class is it adequate to jump into a subject or should it be more relaxed with a explanation of syllabus, and outcome to expect from the course? Thanks in advance, Mark

Sammy Prieto

Teaching with humor

I recently became an instructor and just finished a course on Effective Teaching Stratagies. I read that different styles may be used to grab the attention of your students. Well something that I am good at and people tend to love me for it, is my sense of humor. Is this a good and effective way to teach? I've gone over some lecture plans and see lots of areas where I can incorporate some appropriate humor in my lectures. Thank you, Sammy P.

shah rahman

Setting questions

Question setting is very important. Which will give the instructors feedback. It will never be same for all courses. Every course needs its own ways of assesment. Instructors should research and verify different standerized tests before setting the tests.

shah rahman

application of the knowledge gained in the classroom

In the career education that is our goal. As an instructor we make sure that students learn exactly what they have to do in the workfield. That is the reason we sent them for internship. And we collect the performance report from the internship site before we certify them.

Victor Brewer

A lot of ground to cover

What can i do to help my students remember a vast amount of info that is being covered in a short amount of time?

shah rahman

Involving all

It is really an art to involve everybodies in the class. Which is not an easy task. But to have a good outcome it is imperative to involve everybody in the class. As an instructor we have to apply all the techniques available to involve all in the class.

shah rahman

combined method is the best

Everybody has specific methods of learning. As an instructor with a large group of class it is always difficult to know everybodies preference.So it is always best to use multiple methods. Even everybody has their own preferences of learning methods. It does not mean they will not learn at all when other methods are used. So it is best for the instructors to use multiple methods. This way we can get the best results.

Hussam Abughazaleh

disability

A careful and thorough review of concerns, with input from multiple sources (including parents, educators, physicians, psychologists, speech-language providers and, of course, the person themselves) is the only way to rule in or rule out a learning disability.