Susan Polick

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HI Rumia- Thanks for your post to the forum. Using a variety of assessments is the wise way to go. It will address the various learning styles. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Getting student participation in questioning sessions

Hi Robb - Excellent point - this really helps students to recognize the relevance. Susan

Susan Polick

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Instruction approaches for kinesthetic learners

Hi Bernie - thanks for your post to the forum. Another benefit of having students volunteer to demo is that as you coach the student through it the technique is reinforced in their minds. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Using CATs as sources of instructor and student feedback

Hi Robb- Thanks for your post to the forum. Those pre-tests will also show you where you need to concentrate and will also be useful after the course as students take a post-test or summative assessment and can by comparing, see how far they have come. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Selecting testing formats

Hi Jamison- Time really can become quite an issue. We all have students who just work slowly and deliberately. Timed tests can be a real problem for them. And of course as you mentioned, we are always rushing to get grades out asap. Susan

Susan Polick

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Getting student participation in questioning sessions

Hi Jamison- Thanks for your post to the forum. It's true that students (and everyone else!) dislike being wrong, especially in public. As you mention open-ended questions gets students participating by eliminating that fear. Best wishes- Susan

Susan Polick

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Involving all students in questioning sessions

Hi Patricia- Thanks for your post to the forum. I agree that sometimes if the class is stalled on a question it can help to give them a part of the answer as it often gets the class to make the connections and arrive at the answer. Best wishes-Susan

Susan Polick

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Knowing the learning styles of your students

HI Benjamin- Thanks for your post to the forum! You gave us some great examples of tools we can use to reach all the learning styles. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career! Susan

Susan Polick

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Creating a positive learning environment

Wow Joseph -you do an excellent job setting the stage for quality instruction! You obviously put a lot of thought and preparation into your classes. Best wishes for continued success in your taeching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Using CATs as sources of instructor and student feedback

Hi Richard- Thanks for your post! You are using CATs very effectively. Best wishes - Susan