Managing the Class & Students

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Pamela Adams

Stress

Everyone experiences stress. The task of balancing one's personal and professional life, as well as an teaching in an accelerated academic curriculum is no easy undertaking. Remember that since stress affects us physically, enduring stress at work can carry over into our overall well-being at home, school, or elsewhere, etc. How do you handle stress?

Pamela Adams

Grading

I like the idea of streamlining grading. This takes up a significant part of our time. I prefer multiple choice questions that can be pregraded as assessment checks as the term progresses but prefer short answer at the end of the term.

Pamela Adams

Time Management

We all only have 24 hours in a day, therefore, it is imperative that we use our time efficiently and effectively. We have to allocate our time for work, class, grading, family, etc. Whew I am tired!!!

Dennis Wright

Different ways of coping with stress

Exercise & Sharing

Anton Blum Jr.

Reduce The Ability to Cheat

One way to help reduce the cheating aspect is, we have multiple versions of the same test. I distribute a different version to every other student, and I do for warn them of this. You will get your occassional student that will test the waters so to speak by looking around to see if there are multiple versions, but I have found this cuts down on any attempts to do so greatly. For fear of copying and being wrong. Also if they brought notes or such for cheating they are not certain if they are the right notes or not now.