Joni Brewer

My biggest takeaways from this section were the positive aspects of student monitoring, to avoid exams that are totally objective, and to consider adding a cheating policy on my class syllabus.

I appreciated the strategy suggestions to deal with different types of challenging students in the classroom. My personal favorites were minute papers for inattentive students and assigning the observer role to those who want to take center stage. 

Creating buy-in is important; students need to know that the information they are learning can be applied to their chosen career path, and the skills taught are helping them to achieve their career goals. 

I also appreciated the suggestions to set apart important topics in your syllabus and to clearly define expectations.