Emmanuel,
Wow, that is interesting. We forget that students (even adult students) don't know what they don't know.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Personally,
I build this into my student introductions. There, they can introduce themselves, discuss items of interest on the syllabus, and talk about what they want to gain from the course.
Christopher,
This is smart. You want to develop the type of relationship where you can really facilitate their learning and teach them the value of feedback and what to do with feedback.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
I would agree. I would not ask students what do they want to learn. As a math instructor, they would not want to learn much, particularly, if they are not majoring in any science field.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth,
I agree with you. You may ask about ways of learning or what they liked or disliked but the issue is of what to learn is not for them to decide. Students don't know what they don't know!
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
