Great topic!

There is a fine line between being a mentor/instructor and becoming too friendly with students.  What students percieve is always different than our intentions

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Adult learners are different from young-just out of high school students. Some adult learners are intimitaded and I think it is the instructor's responsibility to help the adult learner to feel comfortable in class and to get them involved so that the anxiety and intimitation will subside.

No one really enjoys going to a classroom where information is pushed at them in such a manner that makes them fall asleep.  When students want to come to class and are enthusiastic, they ask questions, the participate, everyone progresses and before you know it, class time is over and they are chomping at the bit to come to the next class.  

I like using a check on learning so they keep the information that is important and relevant.  Ask about the material they learned from the previous class meeting.  

Does anyone else use this type of approach?

student focus

I believe that the best way to teach and manage an adult learner class is through blended learning. Of course, there are methods and models for implementing blended learning -- from the flipped classroom, to the flex model. All of them are on the continuum of just how much time is spent online or in the classroom. Blended Learning can provide a unique way of not only engaging students in collaborative work and projects, but also personalizing and individualizing instruction for students.

However, there is still one piece that is missing from a great blended learning environment: engagement! As an experienced teacher of higher education students, I am familiar with the challenges of engaging students in class and lab work. Fortunately, the blended learning model still demands a kind of in-person, brick-and-mortar learning, so there is a unique opportunity to use this structure to engage students.

1) Leverage Class Projects with Collaborative Work

2) Create the Need to Know

3) Reflect and Set Goals

4) Differentiate Instruction Through class / lab Work

5) Use Tools for Mobile Learning

Research has shown that athletes who have the best motivational outcomes, such as persistence, a positive attitude, and unflinching concentration, tend to be both extrinsically and intrinsically motivated. Athletes who are predominantly extrinsically motivated tend to become discouraged when they do not perform to expectations and can experience a downturn in form. Conversely, athletes who are predominantly intrinsically motivated often do not have the competitive drive to become champions. This is because they tend to enjoy mastering the tasks that comprise their chosen discipline, but they lack a strong competitive streak in their personalities.

We can conclude similarly that educators / instructors should work to create a positive motivational climate for their students. Research has shown that the motivational climate can be performance oriented, which means focused on social comparison and ranking, or mastery oriented, which means focused on self-referenced goals and feelings of competence. Though there are many resources for coaching athlets efficiently with balancing intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, there's not much reliable resources for other type of teaching / learning relationship. Whatever is available, is suggestions and comments based on personal experience and theories and ideas.

Excellent topic

I try almost everything on the book to motivate younger inmature students! I used intrinsic, extrinsic motivators! what else, can I use to implement and increase their motivation! In the other hand, my older, more mature students; I did not have to use hardly ever any kind of intrinsic/extrinsic motivators. They were motivated already!...

When teaching adult learners, what ways are best to spark internal motivation when it is lacking?

How would you describe your teaching style?

How many of you think that this course was valuable

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How do you remember student names that are hard to pronounce?

I would like your help on finding resources and agencies that will provide us with materials and assistance in our effort to offer quality instruction to English language deficiency learning groups. please.

Thank you.

College and success

Do they really help?

One of the most efficient ways to improve student retention is to reach at-risk students before they leave the university. Institutions like Beaufort County Community College do this by implementing an early alert student referral program: Students who are experiencing academic, personal, financial or social problems receive a letter informing them of the college's resources and available workshops that can help them address the issue at hand.