Susan Polick

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Getting student participation in questioning sessions

HI Wayne- Having your students share their opinions is a very non-intimidating way to get all your students involved in the discussion. Nice work! Susan

Susan Polick

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Effective methods of student assessment

Hi Wayne p Thanks for your post to the forum. For the discipline that you teach, I think that your choices of assessments is quite appropriate. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Supporting the learning styles of your students

Dear Bobbe- Thanks for your post to the forum. i like your idea of dividing groups by learning style to work on projects! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Effective methods of student assessment

Hi Linsey - Excellent work! Application/skills testing is so important in the field that you teach. As you mention, these are the sort of skills they will be required to use in the fiels. Best wishes -Susan

Susan Polick

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Assessing general education skills

Hi Linsey- Thanks for your post to the forum. Do you get any information on the General Education skills of your students before they begin your class or do you do the assessments yourself? Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Questioning sessions as learning tools

HI Linsey- Thanks for your post to the forum and some great examples of how questioning can play an important role! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Involving all students in questioning sessions

Hi Lynn- Thanks for your post to the forum. Allowing your students to submit ideas/responses without criticism when using questioning. As you mention, it assists in getting the discussion going and involving all students. Great work! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Using student self-assessments as learning tools

HI Mary- Thanks for your post to the forum. You make a good point- our graduates will be asked to self assess in the workplace so having them do so as students is good practice. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Susan Polick

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Using CATs as sources of instructor and student feedback

Hi Laura - What sort of daily or weekly assessments do you use? Do the students get feedback from those? Best wishes - Susan

Susan Polick

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Instruction approaches for kinesthetic learners

Hi Laura- Thanks for your post to the forum. You are wise to make no assumptions about previous knowledge. To continue with material when our students do not have the pre-requisites is useless! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan