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Knowing the learning styles of your students

Hi Stephanie, Thanks for your post to the forum. That is indeed the best strategy - varying our delivery as much as possible to accomodate the diverse styles. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Polick

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Knowing the learning styles of your students

Hi Peter, That's an excellent point. It's important to discuss how your delivery works to address their learning styles. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Polick

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Knowing the learning styles of your students

Hi Lisa, thanks for a really excellent post to the forum! I especially liked that you mentioned that understanding learning styles allows us to assist our students in improving study skills. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Polick

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Knowing the learning styles of your students

Hi Lawrence, Thanks for your post to the forum. Although it may seem like more work to customize our delivery, it pays off in terms of better learning by our students. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Polick

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Instruction approaches for kinesthetic learners

Hi James, Thanks for your post to the forum. Having relevant objects that students can handle is ideal and the multi-sensory approach is very important. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Polick

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Supporting the learning styles of your students

Hi Su, Thanks for your post to the forum. As an online instuctor also, I agree with you that we need to include as many delivery options as possible in our instruction. Best wishes for success in your teaching career. Susan Polick

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Supporting the learning styles of your students

Hi Karen, Thanks for your post to the forum. I find that utilizing activities that will allow my students to apply what they are learning is a good retention aid. Best wishes for success in your teaching career. Susan Polick

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Using formative evaluation methods

Hi Dedre, Another important part of the "Exit Ticket" idea would be to provide students with some feedback on what you leraned from their "Tickets". Susan Polick

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Getting student participation in questioning sessions

Hi Dedre, I teach a similar course called "Social Problems" and agree that current events activities can really get discussion going (especially in an election year!). Susan Polick

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Selecting instructional strategies for visual learners

Hi Judy, Tahnks for your post to the forum. A class like Dental materials would certainly require hands-on activities, but I agree that including visual content is ideal. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan Polick