Teri Campbell

About me

I love teaching. I get a great deal of satisfaction from knowing that I can pass my knowledge on to someone else and they can go on in life and begin a new career. It has been a real learning process though. At times, I did not think I could do it. I just kept pushing when it became uncomfortablem and little by little, I just got better at it, and enjoyed it so much more. It was worth it.

Interests

exercise, gardening, boating, spending time with family and friends.

Skills

great with getting along with others. great with always trying something new

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Dyslexia

I have never understood fully the problems of dyslexia. I only knew that a few letters would be exchanged for others. After reading the sentence, and seeing how people with dyslexia see it I was shocked. I have learned a great deal from this.

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learning disabilities

I did not realize that students with many learning disabilities, had the same intellegence of those of average or higher. I was amazed to read about this. I did not think that they were less smart, but was able to understand how they were seeing things in a much better way,

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Life experiences

I didn't realize that life experiences would be so critical in helping the students in class. I do use them periodically, but I think after reading this module, I will use them much more.

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Learning methods of ell students.

I have not experienced a great deal of this kind of a problem as yet. Most students that speak spanish, are very capable of understanding english. But it would seem to me that if you did have a great barrier, that it would continue to take away from the rest of the class. Is that true, or as you continue on, things would get easier?

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using more gestures, and physical presense.

I sometimes don't use enough gentures while in the classroom. I know I have a physical presense. But the times I have used gestures, I recall that it got the attention of the students in a much better way.

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Pausing during class instruction

I realize that I should take the time to pause more often, to keep track of what everyone is doing in the classroom. It would definately keep me on track, as well as the students. I could spend more time with those that seem a bit lost.

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Instruction tools

I have found that the more instructional tools you give, the more the students will absorb. They are usually very excited with all of the different ways they can learn new topics.

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Create a good way of measuring grades fairly

I know that some performance tests or proficiencies are not given a high enough grade to make the student want to attend their labs. The lectures grades are always the highest, ie, tests. It is equally important that the student knows how to effectively transfer what they have learned in lecture, and then be able to apply it in lab.

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Grading studen'ts test as soon as possible

I have found that is it so true that when you give a student their grade as soon as possible, they are mot only so relieved to know their grade, but then they can let go and move on. They can also ask guestions, that may be of help to them for the next test.

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Learning methods

It is so important to use all methods of teaching adult students. They all have such different ways of retaining information. I have found that to be able to have that tactile method after lecture, things really come into perspective for the students.

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