Barry Westling

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Awarding extra credit

Hi Larry, I like the use of bonus incentives, because as you say, they're different from EC. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Using pretests as planning tools

Hi Sherry, Emphasis is so important. And to individualize it can make or break the success of a class. How nice there is a tool that can help us plan in the way pretesting does! Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Using pretests as planning tools

Hi Destiny, Basline - thats good. To compare progress requires a basline or reference point. Good thought. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Goal of educating students

Hi Destiny, Success is awesome and perhaps we contribute to it. I'm convinced that a student mut have drive, desire, vision, and some appitude for true successfulness to be realized. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Using a teaching journal

Hi Billy, When I look back, it reflects the passion and energy of a different time, but its still me, and hopefully its growth. There's a saying: "10 years experiece, or one year experience 10 years in a row"! Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Organized and prepared to teach

Hi Billy, True, yet in many classes, we have to blend the students original thought with key objectives for the course. Failure to prepare is often the road to a failed class experience. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Organized and prepared to teach

Hi Billy, Sure. When students see the game plan, I think it helps them too in being a bit more open and ready for the next part of the class. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Organized and prepared to teach

Hi Destiny, Clarity - wow...students thrive on clarity! Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Making field trips and guest speakers a part of instruction

Hi Shirley, An alternate way to make these activities worthwhile is to give students questions that need to be answered. I don't mean just asking the leader for the answer, but questions that the student could only answer by being an asute observer and and by posing original questioning. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Being a student-centered instructor

Hi Billy, Great. We teach and students learn. The process links the two to assure effectiveness. Barry Westling