Enhancing Student Retention

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Jenell Casarez

Module 4

Is it important to have empathy toward your students?

Jenell Casarez

Module 2

Do you think students like hands on more then lecture?

Jenell Casarez

understanding student characteristics

I agree with the age difference and how the students work harder when they are older then the younger age students. I feel that no matter what age you are, the student needs a good support system to help them. It is also important to have supprot from there family as well as support from the instructor. I try to help the students that have english lanuage differences because I dont want them to feel anymore stress then classes can already be.

Melonie Sebring

Student Support Systems

Hello, everyone. All of the reading for this beginning part of the course seemed very valuable. In particular, the "Support Systems" part caught my attention. I teach strictly online and feel my school offers abundant support for online students. For that reason, I am convinced that the "internal support system" for our students is indeed in place. I found it interesting, and a bit unnerving, that some student's "external support" (friends and family) may be lacking or missing completely. For years I have basically assumed that all of my students have family and/or friends helping them succeed in college (that’s likely based upon my own experience). As the reading suggests, having that support is easier for the student. NOT having that support, though, seems like a huge barrier for students to overcome! It makes me feel more compassionate towards my students and think more about how I can best facilitate their success. Isn’t it great when courses like this make you think more about your students; how real-life affects their success; and how to best serve them? Melonie

Sarah Foslien

Positve Feedback

Sometimes when I'm bogged down with grading I have to pause and remind myself that each student needs to see something positive even if they handed in garbage.