Hi Timothy,
As an educator, you should be caring enough to want to monitor your students' learning. I can tell you about the progress of every one of my students' learning. You must know what your students can and can not do, and you should always encourage your students to try even harder.
Patricia
if you do not monitor the students learning,you have failed.i do monitor my students.i ask questions to all and all must answer.the one that do not,i ask them only questions that they must answer if they were paying attention.it works.they are ingauged and it makes them feel that they are part of the class instead of just filling a seat.
Hi Charlie,
Monitoring your class is vitally important. Students know immediately that I fully monitor my classes. Monitoring your classes will decrease a lot of the nonsense.
Patricia
By not monitoring the class, you have no idea what is going on in your class. I try to monitor the students from day one. The only way to keep control, install confidence, gain respect of the students and give the students felling they have made the right discession to take the class and feel that they will gain knowledge and exceptance after and during the class
Hi Steven,
Classroom managment is essential. An instructor must always make sure the classroom is conducive for learning.
Patricia
Poor student monitoring will cause small problems to become large unmanageable problems.
Class control will suffer, the instructor may loose the respect of many students if a good learning envirorment is not maintained. Concerns with silent or struggling students may not be observed and then addressed.
The longer I teach the better I get at monitoring my classes, of course there is always room for improvement. I am anxious to incorporate some of the recomendations from module 3.
Hello Adam,
I get to know my students academic abilities within a few days. I control letting the smart people answer all the time by calling on each student. I also do a lot of active learning. I place a smart student in each group so that the weaker students can learn and get the correct answers so that they feel that they are accomplishing something. I repetively ask my students throughout the lecture are there any questions. You have to make sure your students are with you, otherwise you will lose them, and they will want to drop out of school.
Patricia
The adverse effect would the student failing or not feeling the he\she should even be there. This could cause the student dropping out.
Yes, I do think I monitor my classes effectively. I try to keep my group sizes down that way they can learn the skills, & also that way when I go in to answer questions I can concetrate on a smaller number of students so they feel connected to me. Also during the lectures when I notice only certain students asking questions or answering all the questions themselves I will start calling on the other students to start answering. I will ask students if they understand what we went over & if they look unsure, I will have them explain it back to me to see what they are missing.
Hello Steve,
Yes, I feel as though that I fully monitor my classes. I am constantly walking around the room. I always ask are there any questions, is everyone with me, etc. Adverse effects of poor students monitoring skills can be total confusion and/or relunctancy with participation.
Patricia
