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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Critical Thinking Activities

Hi Jon-Paul, Awesome! Anytime you can incorporate technology into the classroom you should. Most of our students have internet access on their telephone. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Critical Thinking Activities

Hi John, Super assignment! Students learn how to apply this concept both personally and professionally. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Critical Thinking Activities

Hi Marcelo, When you get students to understand the "why" of anything, they tend to have a better understanding of it all. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Making Students Active Learners

Hi Betty, These small increments toward a big project work really well for completion of the overall project. Patricia Scales

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Student Retention

Hi Donna, I concur! Retention is everyone's job! The brunt of retention really falls on the instructor. The instructor has to make the student want to return the next day. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Maintaining a professional image

Hi Vanessa, Befriending students is never good! It is way too risky, and it is really frowned upon. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Maintaining a professional image

Hi Torsten Sven, I agree! We have to keep our distance as professionals. We must lead by example and be the professional that we want our students to become. Respect is important in a student/teacher relationship. Patricia Scales

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Reducing student cheating

Hi Jamie, I agree! The more prepared students are the likelihood of them cheating is less. Patricia Scales

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Reducing student cheating

Hi Michael, An effective way to minimize cheating is to use different vesions of the test. With today's technology it is simple to scramble test questions. Patricia Scales

Patricia Scales

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Following up with student assignments

Hi Rachel, If there is a passing score, this is a good idicator the student understands the information. We can only hope that they retain the information so that they can utilize what they have learned in the workplace. Patricia Scales

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