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Joseph Nuzzo
Joseph Nuzzo

motivating teachers

How can we motivate students without being motivated ourselves? Our faculty has a difficult time in understanding that today's student is different than yesterdays'. any suggestions?
Joseph Nuzzo
Joseph Nuzzo

soft skills

How does the human factor in the classroom relate to the soft skills students need to learn to be effective in the work environment?
Joseph Ditoro
Joseph Ditoro

Motivation

I have read elsewhere that students will only stay in school until they meettheir personal goals. How do we get students to reasses their goals and decide to stay?
Joseph Ditoro
Joseph Ditoro

Classroom instruction and retention

I think what happens in the classroom is the biggest factor in retention. If students can't find meaning in what they are being taught they will leave. What classroom techniques have you used to keep the material fresh and meaningful to the students?
Joseph Ditoro
Joseph Ditoro

Games and the adult learner

I find that team games work as well with adults as with children. Does anyone have suggestions for games that have been used successfully in the classrooom with adult learners?
Joseph Nuzzo
Joseph Nuzzo

do students learn better in groups?

What are your feelings about group projects?...I've always been against them, but now I'm starting to change my views. Since most companies want to have workers with the "soft skills", can group projects stimulate that learned behavior?
Joseph Ditoro
Joseph Ditoro

age differences and expectations

In some task oriented classes, like computer skills, older students are reluctant to try new things on their own. Would pairing older students with younger students help get them involved or reinforce their feeling of being too old to learn new things?
RUSSELL BATTIATA
RUSSELL BATTIATA

Motivation

It's important to have instructors who can discuss certain issues that happen in can arise in the career. Students want to here stories that can provide entertainment and an idea of what it's like out there.
RUSSELL BATTIATA
RUSSELL BATTIATA

REFOCUS

It is difficult to maintain the students' attention for a long period of time. When instructors "refocus", they give the students an opportunity to re-commit themselves.
RUSSELL BATTIATA
RUSSELL BATTIATA

Retention Strategies

By constant training in the area of retention, faculty members should become familiar with most retention strategies.
RUSSELL BATTIATA
RUSSELL BATTIATA

Planning

Understanding your students will help instructors use the proper techniques according to the characteristics of the group.
Glenn Crawley
Glenn Crawley

Introductory Courses

Usually, the outcome of a course of instruction is a specific skill or an ability to do or understand something. However, in introductory type courses where the objective is to more or less lay out the breath of a topic, the outcome appears to be not much more than short-term memory of a variety of subject matter. Can you provide some insight into how best to deal with these type courses and how and what to measure during examinations.