Hi Kristin! I apologize for the delay in responding and appreciate your well thought out discussion points and questions. From reading your comments and witnessing the clarity in which you communicate, I would suspect that when a student asks a question that you just finished answering, it is not your lack of communication. Nor do I think it is automatically dis-engagement or lack of attention on the part of the student. In years of teaching and training, I have found that when it occurs, the adult learner, most likely, just needs to hear the answer again, but on their own terms. We are only human and may, at times, appear frustrated when it happens, yet I simply see it as a chance to clarify, summarize or reinforce a point to other students who may be quietly lost as well. If a student does this all the time though, you may try a strategy such as guided note-taking, or get a volunteer student to paraphrase what you have said, or even get another student to re-answer the question rather than yourself. Additionally, sometimes when a student re-asks an answered question, I put it in the "parking lot." In other words, rather than answering the student right at that moment, I ask them to hold the question, then move slightly to the next topic and answer the question again under the new circumstances. The object is not to compound the confusion or leave anyone behind, but an adult learner may actually get it the second or third time around when the question is answered in a different context and with a little more information. Hope this helps a little. Thanks so much for your on point observations! Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator