First you must bulid respect with students and you will gain the same.

Small groups work well when dealing with unprepared students also centerstage students altho a strategy intervention may not contain all of the features planned the blaming become less

You must manage your students or they will rule the classroom.

It is so often hard to control that one student who never stops talking...great advice!

Syllabus are a great way for the student to identify with your structure.

Setting the stage by addressing a common but inportant existing problem that student encountering in their setting also readdressing syllabus steps as needed when handling late and missed assignments

It can be hard to have a truthful conversation with a student who might be unhappy but displays passive aggressive behaviors.

I have run into several students that feel the need to over share their life story with me. Often times this happens outside of class discussions, on breaks or after class. More times than not they are stories of hardship, heart break, trauma in their lives. I want to be empathetic, but at the same time I don't really know what to do with the information, or why they are sharing so much of their life with me. I am a tender heart but want to have strong boundaries.

I am finding that as an intructor, I'm getting more and more difficult students in the classroom. The more suggestions I get on handling these situation which can be disruptive is good.

The information is very helpful. I will admit that some of these suggestions I have alredy applied in my classroom and they do work.

I think insecurity is often related to perfectionism. I recently had a problem keeping up with my workload when I started a graduate degree at the same time I was starting a new job. My desire to do both perfectly was getting in the way of me meeting deadlines. Finally I decided that the only way of being successful at both activities would be to identify what HAD TO GET DONE and not be concerned with how I wanted to do it. A friend who is a very accomplished academic recently said to me that what I did was figure out that “the best paper is a done paper”.

Everyone in every situatiopn is lookong for expectations. This is important from something as basic as driving a car to running a major department in an organization.

To avoid failure be prepared and exhibit confidence by asking simple subject matter questions

Do you think having students come to the board and explain their solutions to certain problems reduce bad behavior?

maintain order challenging question Do challenging students react well to groups?

do you think good math students do better in English as opposed to bad math students?

This doesn't always work with everyone in every class, but something that I do on day 1 is to begin a discussion on the classroom's culture and expected student and instructor behaviors. This discussion of values and norms sets expectations, and I periodically bring up our day 1 conversation throughout the term if individuals get off track. It seems help to get the students to first discuss in groups what acceptable classroom behavior looks like, then bring together in a class discussion. Instead of me telling them what they need to do, they tell themselves. Doesn't always work, but I have found success with it.

A few earlier posts discussed giving a quiz on the syllabus on day 1. Instead of quizzing students, I believe that a group activity involving the completion of a questionnaire about the syllabus is more supportive and can aid in the ice-breaking process. Even something lighthearted such as a true/false questionnaire with some ridiculous statements (eg. "T/F - All exams and papers are optional") can serve as a good tension reliever.

I am an online instructor and spend many hours per day sitting. While I do run and attend yoga classes, I still find myself sore from the stress and lack of movement while at my desk. I found an application called "Time Out" that I use on my computer. When you turn it on, it gives you an alert every 10 minutes to take a 10 second break. I stop and stretch just a bit. It also takes a 10 minute break each hour, that I use to get up and walk around or do something else away from my desk. It helps a lot!

I have had a difficult time finding web resources for my quizzes and grade recording. Up to now, I have been using the school portal for assignment uploading and course forums. But the websites provided in module 2 are going to be a GREAT addition to my courses! In addition to keeping a database like Excel for my grades (which is only available to me, and I have to retrieve it every time a student asks for their grades), I am going to post them internally on our portal and use teacherease.com. Easy TestMaker looks like something I will want to try too, and I'm sure even the students will enjoy taking online quizzes through quizstar. There's also TestGen if anyone has heard of it. Works with many Pearson texts. Thank you for the helpful sites!