Gary Meers, Ed.D.

About me

I am an Education Advisor/Consultant for MaxKnowledge. I write courses that assist in the professional development of career college instructors. These courses range in content from the introductory level to advanced instructional development. I started my teaching career as an instructional technology teacher on the high school level, completed graduate school and then moved into higher education. I spent many years in the area of teacher training at the University of Nebraska. While at the University of Nebraska I stared working with career college instructors to improve their instructional delivery skills. As a result of these experiences I have been a consultant to career colleges throughout the United States and a number of foreign countries.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Hilda, Students like variety and change of pace in their learning so the more you can offer of both the more you will be appealing to their different learning preferences. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reasons for Enrolling

Kathleen, This is valuable information because it helps you to target your current students. You can customize your instructional delivery and content when you know the reasons for their enrollment and what their career goals are. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Motivating Learners

Terri, Passion for one's field and enthusiasm for teaching are two elements that set the stage for successful teaching. You make a good point about being excited what you are teaching. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Graphic Organizers

ROBERT, I agree and am a big fan of them. They are one more resource to go to for the students as they put concepts together. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Graphic Organizers

Edward, This is one of the big values of using them. They help to keep the students in sequence while showing them the outcomes that they are striving for. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

Edward, This approach truly does make the content relevant. This should help the students see the value of what they are being taught and the skills they are developing. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Michael, Using visual and auditory integration along with application really helps students with learning comprehension issues. Your efforts I know are of great benefit to your students that have such challenges. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Jennifer, This is a great resource for you to have. The results of this assessment gives you a snap shot of your students and helps you to do your instructional planning from there. I know this results in more targeted instruction that benefits students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Student Motivation Factors

Sarah, It is important that we help our students with both of these forms of goal setting. Both the intrinsic and extrinsic goals contribute to the career growth of students. By using both we have a better chance of keeping our students motivated and forward focused. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reinforcement as Motivation

Arlene, I love playing Jeopardy with my students. We use the game as a review for quizzes. The minute the board comes out they are all engaged and ready to go. Fun time with a lot of learning going on. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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