Susan Polick

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Hi Luke - It's excellent that you share quizz results with your students. That is really the best way to use them. The student gets to see what they know and what they obviously don't. Susan

Susan Polick

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Determining the effectiveness of testing formats

HI Luke - Thanks for your post to the forum. You are doing a great job at keeping your assessments effective. 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 Mark - thanks for your post to the forum. I think that you will find the regular short quizzes very helpful. Best wishes - Susan

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Getting student participation in questioning sessions

Hi Tina- You are obviously comfortable in your "instructor skin" - wait time can be grueling! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

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Knowing the learning styles of your students

Hi Annette- thanks for your post to the forum. Do you find that your students seem to have primarily the same learning style? Best wishes Susan

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Becoming self-directed learners through questioning

Hi Judith- This takes some real advance work. As you plan your lesson for the next class, prepare some questions that you know will be easily related to by those non-particpating students. This will take of course, getting to know them and their past expereince in advance. Then pose a question like, "Jane, I know you have worked in customer service for several years, have you seen this problem as well? How do you handle it?" Might take some creativity to come up with some questions, but once they start talking in class it gets better! Best wishes for continued… >>>

Susan Polick

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Using formative evaluation methods

Hi Trudy - That's a great way to correlate the classes comprehension to the stated objectives. Do you remind the students that the question comes from the chapter objectives? Best wishes-Susan

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Using CATs as sources of instructor and student feedback

Hi Trudy - Thanks for your post to the forum. The questions that you are asking will help your students to understand why what they are learning is relevant to the careers they want to enter. Terrific! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

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Using CATs as sources of instructor and student feedback

Hi Brandon - You are wise to check for comprehension at the start of each new class. There is no point in building on concepts that were not understood. The CATs will also give you some of that info in advance of the next class. Best wishes- Susan

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Assessing general education skills

Hi Brandon - Thanks for your post to the forum. You are obviously a caring instructor who can emphasize with your adult students who must compete with their fellow students fresh out of high school - great work! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan