jessica jenkins

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As humans in general, we all appreciate a little positive reinforcement in all of our efforts. This is especially important with students as an instructor because it instills a sense of confidance in them and keeps them motivated to keep working even harder.

jessica jenkins

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Recapture their commitment

I find this to be very important. I remember that even myself as a student would get into a "lull" midcourse and start to lose interest and wonder why I was there at all. I think that by doing a midcourse evaluation and having the students take an inventory of the course so far is important to recapture their interest and commitment and to enable them to remember why they are there to begin with. At the begining of my course I have my students make a mission statement after a class I teach about goals, intentions and our "why"… >>>

jessica jenkins

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Make it fun

It is true that even as adults we are still interested in being rewarded with candy, playing games, being competative and look forward to pizza or ice cream parties! The other day I gave my students a quiz and rewarded them with mini candy bars for every question they got right without having to look at their textbooks and they loved it! They passed the test immediately after with 100% and completed it within 10 minutes! I wasn't sure the candy method would work for them but they were all over it!