The learning environment
Environment is very important to me and my students often "poke fun" at me when I move tables around and give everyone the personal space and classroom environment I find most benefical for learning.
I recently introduced the class to "white noise" during an exam and the majority of students requested the "white noise" for all tests and individual study time.
Most of my students don't have the luxury of studying in the comfort of a home office. If they don't have multiple roommates, many have kids playing in the next room or find themselves trying to study at work, on the bus or in a crowed student lounge.
The library only has one set of headphones students can check out. I am a new instructor and have frequently found myself puzzled at the priorities of career colleges. On one hand I understand the desire to keep spending to a minimum. On the other hand, rentention rates would increase if we could successfully help students identify specific ways they can be more effective studying in their home environment.
None of my students would have given the "white noise" a chance if I didn't expose them to it in the classroom. Currently, most of them have downloaded "white noise" from itunes and use it frequently to tune out distractions.
Do you have any other ideas that I might be able to introduce in the classroom?
The library only has one set of headphones students can check out. I am a new instructor and have frequently found myself puzzled at the priorities of career colleges. On one hand I understand the desire to keep spending to a minimum. On the other hand, rentention rates would increase if we could successfully help students identify specific ways they can be more effective studying in their home environment.
None of my students would have given the "white noise" a chance if I didn't expose them to it in the classroom. Currently, most of them have downloaded "white noise" from itunes and use it frequently to tune out distractions.
