Patricia Scales

About me

I've been a career educator for over 20 years. I currently serve as the Academic Coordinator for Brookstone College of Business and continue to be active in the classroom as a Business Instructor. My motto is "A student doesn't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." I was honored to receive the Career College Association National Teacher of the Year award in 2001. I just love teaching!

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Reducing instructor anxiety

Hi Cynthia, Students love to hear about stories that are applicable to the lesson/subject matter. Story telling is a great way to break the monotony Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Reducing student cheating

Hi Carole, A good hint to you to help determine if students are cheating is that they will normally watch you to find out where you are. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Involving silent students in class

Hi Jeff, Four is my maximum number. The larger the group, the more problems you will have. I have had a lot of luck with only having up to four students in a group Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Reducing student cheating

Hi Dr. Richard, How thorough! This should be very intimidating to students to really discourage them from cheating. You really cover all bases in this document. I am sure you get your students attention with this document. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Following up with student assignments

Hi Kay, I agree! Every assignment is crucial to the learning growth of students, therefore the assignment should be taken seriously by the instructor to grade it. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Making course requirements clear for students

Hi Shannon, Fair enough. You do a thorough job to ensure your students know exactly what is expected of them. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Following up with student assignments

Hi Christina, Every assignment given should be to enhance the learning objective, therefore it is crucial to follow up on every assignment to determine how your students are grasping the information. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Identifying challenging students

Hi Mitessa, It is good when you can empathize with your students. You are proof to your students that school success can come about with everything else that you have to juggle. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Reducing student cheating

Hi Cynthia, My professor always gave us permission to make a cheat sheet. We were allowed to use one standard size index card and put whatever information we wanted, using both sides to aid with the test. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Reducing student cheating

Hi Angelia, I like the idea of making the make up test harder in format so that students are encouraged to take the test the first go round and not try to wait on answers from classmates. Patricia Scales

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