Gauging where a student's ability is in a given subject matter is harding than you think due to the student's inaccurate self-evaluation. I find it easier to Pop Quiz them in which some count towards their grade and some do not. They never know which ones count though.

What do you do when you are not comfortable with the newer medias around today?

Being an effective instructor means to being able to constructively use your time wisely. What do you think?

Prepare more than enough material. It might flow easily and better than expected to students who grasp the content and clear understanding of the subject.

I found myself in this position before. Im presenting material and run out of time or run out of material. In some cases i'll have an assignment and other cases I wouldn't and the students are sitting in class not doing anything. Any suggestion that would help so that i'm not handing the students assignments after assignments or just not doing anything.

I know some students are more hands on and others are more visual. I try to incorporate both of theses methods in my classroom and I have a real positive outcome, But i would like to do more to the students more involved any suggestions or just stick with what im doing.

An instructors classroopm is like his stage. With a good performance your audience will follow you through your training event.

Understanding your student's goals in their chosen industry will help guide you to their personal training needs.

Time is the main constraint that I've seen. It is a great thing when there is plenty of it - and there is. Another good thing is when you start a lecture and the next minute (not literally) you turn around and time has run out. This is often the sign of a great lecture, one in which the students were all actively engaged, learning, contributing, and having fun. You know what they say, time flies when you are having fun! But the management of this time is where the art and creativity must kick in on behalf of the instructor. If an instructor is a procrastinator or a last-minute type of person, what is the relationship with that and their true ability to manage time in the classroom?

It is a combination of many aspects....awareness,knowledge,skill, confidence and relationships.

What about using smart boards in the classroom. I did not see any topics on using these in the classroom. Tom

Students will ask this question many times during the course therefore grading papers and exams as soon as possible is necessary to provide students with the right feedback. Electronic posting of grades helps to reduce this type of questions. What ways you use to provide student performance status in your class?

Sometimes the amount of information to present the material is not enough so removing part of the content to fit the time is an strategy used deliver the material. Is that a good strategy? Let me know what you think

I'm an instructor at a for-profit career college. Frankly, our admissions requirements are minimal. In my classroom, I often find myself teaching groups of students who possess widely differing background experiences and varying levels of academic achievement. If I design my lesson plans to cater to the lowest common denominator, my academic achievers become bored and restless. If I raise the bar a bit higher, however, my academic strugglers become discouraged and give up. What can I do to reach a middle ground while still meeting all the course objectives and allowing every student to feel empowered?

Good grades are necessary to get a degree and a degree may open the door to get a job but a job may not last for long if the student lacks soft skills. Good study habits are necessary to succeed in school but good work habits are necessary to succeed in you job

For example, in a biology class, some students may want to become nurses, others biologist and maybe some others biochemical engineers. I agree that field trips are good for students but for example taking students to a coral reef may be interesting for a biology major student but not so much for a biochemical engineer. I would assume 2 or 3 trips per term might be OK to give all students the opportunity to see something in their field. Are 2 - 3 trips per term too much? Is 1 trip per term too little? Any feedback is welcome

I have found that with a program like ours that is strictly layed out we may have days where we run through the information or do the activities too fast. This tends to leave us in a lull of time. I think that the tips that were given were beneficial in helping reduce the lull. As well as giving me additional ideas to keep my students on track for that information we just learned.

always have two plans for each week.

make sure you can keep the students focused, and ready to learn what you are teaching

make sure you keep them happy and give them projects to do in groups to get to know other students.