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Learner in Your Class

I'd like to be a learner in your class if all those variables are happening. Thank you for sharing your feelings.

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Activity Feedback

Jumana, it is a good plan to change what activities you do based on the type of student you have.

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Adapted Teaching Method

You will be surprised how well this works. Good luck to you! I've also heard from an instructor who uses sidewalk chalk and has the students draw the structure and then trace the route of blood through the heart.

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Strategies to Refocus Learners

Julie, it's also a good strategy to have the students be the ones writing the summary on the white board, too. This igves them ownership of the content, so they are less resistant to learning it.

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Teaching Strategy

Julie, I hope this course provides you with some of the ideas you seek. It is a challenge to find ways to make all content hands on.

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Creative Teaching Strategy

If we can model how to constructively give feedback on good and not so good performance in clinical, we are giving the learners life skills they will use on the job.

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Teaching Strategy

Diana, I find that most of my learners are visual and hands on, too.

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Creative Teaching Strategy

The more variety of methods you can use, the better the results you will see.

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Teaching Strategy

Corey, if you involve your students with the Gen Ed content, you will find your learners engaged and interested.

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Activity Feedback

Hangman is a familiar and fun approach, too.