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Ty Robins

Excitement is contagious!

Projecting confident excitement in the course topics has a way of transferring from the instructor's face to the students faces. That leadership goes a long way in letting the students feel like they are allowed to be excited and participate in class discussion. What are some ways other instructors have found to project excitement?

Everett Young

Teaching on Day 1

Our class schedule is once/week for 3 hours. Based on the syllabus, I have a chapter of information to cover on the first day in order to keep the rest of the class days on track. Is this a good idea, or would the students appreciate a "teaching-free" first day to get oriented with each other, the class room, the syllabus, etc...?

Kiofa Clark

Formal vs. Informal groups

I had never really paid attention to the fact that there are two types of groups. I have always thought that group work was group work. I have also realized during this section of the course that my groups are often too small (2-3 students) and this may be contributing to my ineffectiveness. I am going to work on this for future classes.

Sean Armstrong

Trial and error

Teaching Trial and error

Sean Armstrong

first impressions

What are good ways to create first impression.

Sean Armstrong

Planning

the best to plan work

Sean Armstrong

how to encourage professionalism

What is a good way to encourage professionalism

Paula Villela

Developing

To me in order to develop as an instructor you should take any prep course to teaching the adult learner courses.

Paula Villela

Syllabus

I think as an instructor it is important to review course syllabus so students know what to expect from the course.

Paula Villela

Planning

I think that as an instructor you should plan accordingly for your day and week.

Paula Villela

Learning Style

I thought it was important as an instructor to accommodate students different learning styles.

Anthony Tramutola CHEP

Questions

I always give my students enough time to answre questions.

Samuel Rodriguez Jr.

use study guides

What are your thoughts on the use of providing study guides to guide a student's focus when preparing for exams? I see it as a useful tool for keeping on track for meeting course objectives.

Paula Jamison

Planning

I know for myself, if I have not planned well it will show in my delivery to students, and they easily become distracted and will not learn the needed information

William Glose

Test Types

Do you find there is a better type of test based on the demographics of the students in your class?

William Glose

Assessment Building

When building a competency assessment for a specific skill, how many questions do you recommend.

William Glose

Off Topic Questions

How valuable can questions be that are off topic?

William Glose

Exciting Ways to Build a Creative Learning Environment

What exercises have you done to promote a creative learning environment?

FONDA MCCLAIN

Select the Correct Test

I've noticed that certain such as Essay testing brings out test anxiety. Students usually are more comfortable with True /False because they have a 50/50 chance of picking the correct answer. This is one of many reasons as to why I start with a standard test for a baseline of my student testing ability before I compose my on exam.

Philandria Williams