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Bryce, Is there one practice you have found more successful than others? Or a practice that has evolved over time? Dr. Ron Hansen

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Accommodating Learning Styles

LaKisha, When students are demonstrating one on one are they doing so in front of the whole class or just for you? If the former do you allow for a critique from fellow students? Thank you for your post. Dr. Ron Hansen

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Tim, Thank you for your post. Based on results from review discussions have you found the need to revise your approach or any component of your process? Dr. Ron Hansen

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Accommodating Learning Styles

shannon, Case studies and role playing do help to connect the subject matter to the real world. Dr. Ron Hansen

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Improving your placement programs...

While our career services department comes in early and relatively often there might be opportunities to tie the course objectives into their resume as students complete each course.

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Social Integration

The challenge for addressing social integration for our campus lies in the schedule. Students are in class for one day out of five and in the lab for the other four. Each day is five hours long. There is a half hour break before the next class arrives. There are three shifts. I see the opportunities for social integration to be done in the classroom day more than anywhere else.

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Improving your orientation programs...

Including an orientation topic every week for up through the first three courses would greatly improve the orientation program. The expectation is this would help retention.

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Improving your admissions processes...

A preparedness checklist would aid greatly in our admissions process. Too often I find the students have not considered what support they need to get through the program.

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Student Assessment

Lee, It is so true that applied arts, such as special fx makeup, do require the artist to have a thorough knowledge of their materials as well as having a deft hand. Your detailed assessment process certainly addresses all aspects of the specific skill(s) being learned and developed. Thank you for your post. Dr. Ron Hansen

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Accommodating Learning Styles

Susan, Thank you for the detailed response. This strategy certainly sets up the student to do the hands on activity. What have you found successful when then following up with the student when hoe or she or doing the hands on activity that you have so carefully demonstrated and described? Dr. Ron Hansen