In reading them the structured outline, or "Course Syllabus," it helps many students to understand what the expectations of the class will be. This is sort of their road map in terms of how to navigate the class in particular and then they can look back at the end to see how successful they were in gaining the key concepts listed. I also encourage them to ask questions daily and remind them that if they are seeing this information for the first time, somebody else is also. Sometimes it takes a courageous person to ask the tough questions.
