Instructional Delivery & Assessment

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Paula Francis

learning student names

getting to know each student my their name and their paticular learning abilities

Stephanie Webb

Music in the classroom

I play music in the class during lab activities. This helps the students relax as well as learn to work with a little bit of back ground noise which is often times the atmosphere in the medical field.

David Hladik

selecting testing formats

I enjoyed this topic finding new ways to evaluate students and to stimulate their minds. They would tend to get more involed in the topics being discussed.

Stephanie Webb

Groups

I have found that putting students in groups that work always provide a positive learning experience. It is important to group strong students with weaker ones so that they all learn.

Ramona Gonzales

Motivator

I believe motivation is a very important aspect of student learning. When a student has the correct motivation s/he is willing to go the extra mile to complete the course and do a good job. I enjoy encouraging my students and could always benefit from additional skills. What are some motivational skills that will benefit me and my students?

kimberly curtis

Creating Effective Assessments

It is very critical to create assessments as it relates to the type of students we teach and the type of data we want to get from the assessment. We should create assessments based on what the students know instead of what they don't know to prevent discouragement in our students.

kimberly curtis

Student Learning Assessment

It is good to have student learning assessments so we as instructor; and the students can see their progress and the gains they have made throughout the course.

kimberly curtis

Questioning as a Teaching Technique

We should offer various questioning techniques for our students; so we can get a feeling of what the students know and what they want to contribute to the lesson through cognitive thinking.

kimberly curtis

Teaching to Learning Styles

Students learn in different ways, and we must teach the way they learn in order for them to become successful in the learning process.

Kelly Locy

Learning styles

It is very important to engage all they variety of learners within your classroom.

Kelly Locy

Preparation

When you arrive prepared, your students will appeciate it.

Kelly Locy

Curriculum

It is important to have a course outline and syllubus to follow for both instructor and student!

Kelly Locy

Role Models

Students really like to know that you are human. If you do not know th eanswer, look it up and respond to student.

Francis Gebert

effective evaluation

Since there are several types of evalution tools be sure to use your evaluation tools interchangeably as the classroom is very fluid from class to class.

Todd Beedy

Using pre prepared tests

Alot of the tests that I utilize contain precanned tests. I usually used them on a regular basis, but I change the questions chosen from the text bank from class to class, and I also add some of my own as well. I know it sounds like extra work, but I have a good database of tests to choose from for a variety of class scenarios.

Todd Beedy

Testing

I provide a variety of testing methods based on the material. Some material requires more of an analytical approach to finding the answer and some are more of a general knowledge retention type tests.

Todd Beedy

Asking Questions

I often get the crickets when I ask if there are any questions, so instead of asking if there are any questions, I ask some questions related to the material - sort of fill in the blank type questions that tell me iff they have understood the material.

Todd Beedy

Learning Styles

This portion of the class was interesting, as I do run into students with different learning styles, but sometimes find it difficult to apply the material to the different learning styles. This module has helped to add some tools to look at when delivering my material.

Todd Beedy

Lecturing

I have found that students hate being read to - It makes tham feel that you do not know the material, and that they could just as easily be up front reading the slides. I always structure my lectures with the slides as reference materials, and I always make sure that I have good examples for the points I am teaching.

Todd Beedy

Introductions

When starting a new class, I always provide an introduction that outlines my career and how I got to the point of being an educator. I think it shows students that they can achieve many different things throughout their careers, that are not limited just to what they are studying.