Susan Polick

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Hi Carey, Thanks for your post to the forum. You are using a good progressive approach in your assessment choices! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Susan Polick
Hi Deborah, Thanks for a very well written description of the impact of the lack of general education skills in most career college settings. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Susan Polick
Hi Marie, Thanks for your post to the forum. Yes, it is really shocking how many students we see who are lacking basic skills. We can only do our best in the short time they are with us to try to offer remediation. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Susan Polick
Hi Julie, Hi Julie - good point! If we reel the semi sidetracked comment in immediately to bring the discussion back to the topic we avoid going totally off topic. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Susan Polick
Hi Mary, Thanks for your post to the forum. I like your "Hot Potato" idea as it gets students using physical movement. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Susan Polick
Hi Deborah, Thanks for your post to the forum. Yes, students do notice and appreciate when we make the effort to get to know them and how they learn best! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Susan Polick
Great analogy, Julie! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Susan Polick

Hi Margeaux, Very interesting question. I would say that it is a physical influence, especially since it often changes as we age. Teenagers, for example, learn best in the afternoon or evening. Younger children and many adults in the a.m. People can of course learn to adapt to learning at different times of day but as with learning styles, they usually have a preferred time of day to learn. I find that with my adult learners who are primarily evening students, many having worked all day, that I need to take frequent breaks and use interactive exercises to keep everyone… >>>

Hi Cynthia, Thanks for your post to the forum. Your assessment choices are quite appropriate for the discipline that you teach. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Susan Polick
Hi Ernest, Yes, we all need to regularly review our assessments to determine if they are effective and/or what we need to change in our instruction. Susan Susan Polick

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