Dawn Del Vecchio

I found the course useful and I agree with Susan's comment. I teach a course that is six weeks long, two hours five days a week. It moves so fast that I feel there is barely any time for reinforcement! But I do practice immediate feedback, always grading assignments and tests by the next day/class and I always put positive, personal comments on every student's paper, even if it's just a sticker saying "Good Job."

This was an interesting module with lots of good suggestions for getting started. One thing that I have found, as a math teacher, is that I must confront "math anxiety" among my students on the first day of class. My class is Applied Math, and many of my students are coming back to class after many years or after another career. There is a great deal of fear about math in general and their ability to do well. I always tell a story from my undergrad days about a psychology professor I had who did an interesting and effective exercise… >>>