I think that is very important to highlight for students what constitutes content, fact, information. And provide a measurable standard of performance. In my case, in technical college, it provides a measurable guideline to determine satisfactory performance. Students learn to see what are the basic, and the possible outcomes of their performance

Informal assessment should take place in the classroom on a regular basis. This includes evaluation of students as they interact with their peers, we can ask questions to make sure the students are student are retaining and understanding the information that we are sharing with them. I have found that incoroporating activities in segements of my lectures not only make the class more exciting but it also helps the studnet to become activitely invovled in their learning experience. Vernise

What I find to be very helpful(but very time consuming) is I put together a study guide based off of the test that is going to be given. I will re-word the test question, answer that is on the test will be in the question on the study guide and the question that is on the test is the answer on the study guide. I have found that it is another great tool to help the student study and to retain the information because it is presented to them in another format.

Taxonomy according to Bloom expands the framework of knowledge and cognitve process. There are four types of knowledge: Factual- basic elements that students must know Conceptual knowledge- interreltionship among basic elements within larger stuctures which allows them to work together. Procedural- refers to how to do things and the methods and steps that it takes to complete a task Metacognitive- knowing what you know. Taxonomy learning helps with writing a lesson plan, objective and clarifying what students should be able to know once the lesson is complete. Vernise

Lesson plans can be very helpful and is a necessary part of preparing a a well sturctured course that will not only fulfil the students educational needs but also meet the standards, objectives, rationale, procedures and assessments strategies of the course and college requirements. Vernise

Getting to know your students can be very helpful in planning your course. Students are interested in the instructors sharing things about themselves. Sometimes this allows student to share more freely about themselves. Gaining comprehensive knowledge about our students will help us as instructors to deliver best practice course studies for our students. Vernise

I think the imporatnce of rationale can't be underestimated. I think it helps having students "buy into" the subject matter at task. Many times when I teach my class, I encounter subjects that are a little obscure, plain, hard to comprehend, or flat out old school and boring. I personally take a little of the class time (typically when I introduce the subject) to explain the relevance of the subject, and its relation to the overall picture. I normally don't include this explanation in my lesson plan, but I think its a good idea to have it as part of it.

As part of my introduction to class, I always make time to find out who my students are, and a little bit of their background. Many times I find out that, -although my class is a required class-, many of the basic principles are forgotten, or have not been applied in class enough to understand their relevance. By asking simple questions, I try to understand the reason for that, and how I can best deliver the information to that individual group, as well as identifying at the same time, how much my students know. typically, Age, and their work experience are the main factors that individualize each group.

Enjoyed learning about the concept of the A-B-C-D learning objectives. Thought it might be appropriate to add "E" and "F": "Establishes the Foundation" to add to the learning objectives.

our school policy is that missed assignments must be made up or turned in the very next day the student is on campus.

My program does not have any pre-requesites. Often I get students who lack basic skills needed to be successful in class. I have often thought about our school offering a basic computer class for example to students who wish to enroll.

I generally stick to Power POint and internet videos. My power points tend to be very generalized so that students aRE ENGAGED IN LECTURE TO GET ALL THE INFO.

At my school I often do informal ops to see what other instructors are doing and how it relates to things I have done or may try.

Taxonomy is a new term for me. I am looking foward to using it in various levels of student learning.It will help me in writing lesson plan objectives.

What is the best way to get the students organized for a field trip?

I have gone through the Program and has worked in the field for 8 years and to present the cirriculum makes teaching easy & fun, my delivery system makes clas time / learning fun.

I prepare myself a week in a advance the day before I make sure i have enogh handouts,and extra projects that I want to incorpaorate.

I allow the student to make up a test the next time they come to class but I let them know that it is their responsability to come to me to make it up.

Sometimes what you have planed to do such as using the overhead, it may not work.

By using different techniques I find that each student learns in different ways.