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Supporting the learning styles of your students

Why is it important to provide approaches and resources that complement the learning styles of your students?

Supporting the learning styles of your students

Why is it important to provide approaches and resources that complement the learning styles of your students?

Selecting instructional strategies for visual learners

What are some instructional strategies to use when working with visual learners?

Selecting instructional strategies for visual learners

What are some instructional strategies to use when working with visual learners?

Instruction approaches for kinesthetic learners

What are some instructional approaches to use with kinesthetic learners?

Instruction approaches for kinesthetic learners

What are some instructional approaches to use with kinesthetic learners?

Creating a positive learning environment

How does the physical setting impact the learning preferences of students?

Creating a positive learning environment

How does the physical setting impact the learning preferences of students?

Testing Formats

For skills testing it is not only important for the instructor to be satisfied that the student has reached a certain level of expertise, but that the student feel a sense of pride and accomplishment in demonstrating that skill at the completion of the testing process.

Classroom Assessment Techniques

By using an anonymous format, students tend to more freely report on areas where they are unclear. After reviewing and compiling a synopsis of the information received, the instructor can get a good feel for the level of student comprehension and can answer or expound on issues without making anyone feel uncomfortable.

Questioning Techniques

A most effective technique for almost all subject matters is relating qusetioning to haow it effects inividuals personally. As the group is usually diversified, so are the points of view, and consequently the discussion becomes a chain reaction.

Learning Styles

This concept seems to parallel with how to accomodate both rapid and slow learners. The ultimate goal in both cases is to get the group across the "finish line" together at the same level of competence.

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It was a great review of teaching

Accommodate learners capability

With more and more adult student attending the classes, we as instructors must be sensitive to these group of learners and accommodate their learning speed and skills. Anwar

First class meeting

As an instructor, I should make a clear understand of the course objectives and following instructions properly, how these objectives can be achieved successfully.

First day of class!

I think introduction is very important in first day of class. Getting to know each other, espcially knowing students would help instructor to set the tone and create the right learning environment. Anwar

First class meeting

What technique do you use to break the ice when you meet your students for the first meeting?

Should class size affect your course objectives?

I have a very small class and the program isn't very big yet. I am wondering what ways class size affects how you present to the class.

Learning Styles

See one Do one Teach one The Best Way to Hyper learning

Student Cohort groups

Small group learning is the way to go. Always make sure that during the group assignment you make some body the Group Captain.