Susan Polick

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Hi Mark - Thanks for your post to the forum. I completely agree - we need to construct assessments that will let us know if the competencies that we have set up for our courses have been met by our students. The random facts, as you mention, are just not that significant. Best wishes for continued success in your gteaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Knowing the learning styles of your students

Hi Al- Thanks for your post to the forum. I have found that having part of the grading rubric be a peer evaluation by their teammates can encourage participation. Best wishes for continued success in your gteaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Questioning sessions as learning tools

Hi Gary - Thanks for your post to the forum. You are doing a great job at helping your students to be engaged and comfortable! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Knowing the learning styles of your students

Hi Marion- Thanks for your post to the forum. Realistically you most likely will not address all the learning styles in every lesson. The best course is to try to use each style as often as possible. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Getting student participation in questioning sessions

Hi Dorothy- I like to take the opportunity to discuss some of the lesson before class or on break or even via email. once you are certain that the student knows a specific area well, ask him that question that you know he knows, in class. You can also ask the other students to give some one else a chance to try to answer and then use wait time till hopefully someone else does. Best wishes - Susan

Susan Polick

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Selecting testing content

Hi Dorothy- Thanks for your post to the forum. I think adding questions on material from earlier in the class is fine as long as you let the students know in advance that this will occur. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Becoming self-directed learners through questioning

Hi Meighan - yes, that is exactly the purpose of Socratic questioning! I love to see those lights come on as my students start to make new connections with the material. Best wishes- Susan

Susan Polick

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Using formative evaluation methods

Hi Michael-Thanks for your post to the forum.Short papers certainly assess higher order thinking skills than do T/F or multiple choice. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Selecting testing formats

Hi Gladys- Thanks for your post to the forum. It's excellent that you are carefully assessing your students skill at application in addition to readying them for the registry test! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Effective methods of student assessment

Hi Edna - Thanks for your post to the forum. I like your use of filling in the blanks in a discriptive paragraph. While you could of course use stand alone unrelated sentences for multiple choice, the descriptive format puts the concepts into context which, as you mention, helps the students to really digest the material. Best wishes! Susan