Susan Polick

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Sounds like you are an engaging instructor, Ronald - I'd love to be in one of your classes!

Susan Polick

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Testing Formats

Exactly Clive! To wait to evaluate by offering a major test at the end of instruction is really risky. Your students may have been missing the mark for weeks and you will not know until it's almost too late. "Mini- tests" as you put it, give an opprotunity to check progress as you go along and make course corrections appropriately.

Susan Polick

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Questioning Techniques

So glad that you found the info in this module valuable! Please let me know how it works in your classroom? Best wishes - Susan

Susan Polick

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I like this technique as long as the instructor prefaces it by praising the student for how the answer was partially correct. Also it should be put in the context of " How would you add to Jane's answer?". I'll be this is how you already do this Ricardo!

Susan Polick

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Learning Styles

I'm glad that you found the quiz useful. I am happy to have you share it with your students but you should check with your own school as to whether you can use it in your classroom.

Susan Polick

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We find that our instructors who try to vary their teaching styles to accomodate the learning styles actually find that they really enjoy teaching more. Perhaps it's because it keeps them from getting "stale" or "burnt out" which often happens when we do the same thing over and over.

Susan Polick

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Do you mean that they can take the test whenever they want so having them choose a specific time will give them a deadline to prepare for?

Susan Polick

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It's interesting how turning the task into a competition gets more students excited and involved.

Susan Polick

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That's it in a nutshell, Howard!

Susan Polick

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You make a good point Greg. The bottom line is that when our students complete our programs they must be able to demonstrate their competence in the workplace. If they are not in class they may be able to pass a test but most likely they will not have the skills/competencies to succeed in the workplace.