Encourage students to make decisions in the course so they feel more engaged with the course

Make sure to use your classroom time efficiently

Understand when the students have heard you leacture enough...

Critical thinking is a self-directed phenomenon through which the human intellect is awakened. It constitutes a connection between ontology and epistemology.It engages in effective communication and problem solving. Critical thinking consists of brainstorming, analyzing, and prioritizing. the critical thinker is one who utilizes inductive and deductive forms of cognitive thinking in order to achieve solutions that resolve practical and theoretical problems within scholarship and other aspects of human life.

We are called upon to be compassionate and adapt our instructional methods to ensure that a student with a learning disablity understands the material.

We are called upon to motivate and take the time out to help those that have other learning obstacles present, i.e English as a second language and adult learners with a limited vocabulary.

Assigning groups is a great way of sharing knowledge from different perspectives.

It's good to make eye contact with your students, because it helps you drive the point home to them as to the importance of making and in some cases maintaining eye contact.

Proper planning will prevent poor performance in the classroom. Organization is also a very important strategy in being a successful Instructor, if you are not organized your students will pick up on that immediately and will make for a long day. Planning and organization are 2 vital parts of an Instructor's daily routine.

It's good to have a variety of testing methods that will initiate thinking for the students and to allow them to see just how much they really know.

It's good to share with the students the growth they have made and showing them just how much information they have retained.

It's great when students feel comfortable asking questions in class. We, as instructors should make sure that we presenting questions in a manner that engages class responses.

Being able to teach in multiple learning styles helps students understand and retain the material.

One of the things I have learned throughout the years in the military and from over a decade of teaching at different levels, is to model the behavior of Be, Know and Do. Which is essentially what this model is saying as well. Be a professional by modeling appropriate behavior, know your content and audience, and do preparation and instruction. I think this model is very well done and reinforces what I have been taught over the years.

It is always a good idea not only tell the students what will be done, but also show them.

By introducing yourself to the students and having the students introduce themselves, it breaks the ice for them and as well as for the instructor.

It's good for the instructor to arrive for class early, start the class on time and have all necessary materials ready and organized.

Being a cheerleader to the students is a great way to motivate them. Not only are we thelr cheerleader, we are their coach too.

When using electronic curriculum and presentation it is wise to make certain all is in working order just prior to class start time. It may have worked fine the night before, but it may not work at all in the morning. Have a back-up plan if the electronic version goes down. Keep one set of all electronic material available on paper just in case. Be aware of varying levels of apprehension towards electronic curriculum with older students. Show enthusiasm and have their peers assist them to establish more group cohesion. If some prefer to take notes on paper, let them. We are here to learn and if their learning style is based on note taking via paper, let them be, but show the value of electronic notes. Show them all the various formats for electronic submissions of labs, homework, etc. Do it slowly, as a group and repeat often when a term starts.

I believe that education should be available to all. This is why I already implement similar measures in my class. I make sure I am addressing the students in a variety of ways so that everyone can be reached.