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Regina Rundles

Learning Styles

Students have different learning styles and methods of understanding... As an instructor my learning style is... Please share with me, methods that allow you to learn in a comfortable environment...

James Bianchi

Instructional Mentorship

Instructors should have mentors assigned by the school prior to teaching a class for the first time.

Aaron Page

Overcoming disabilities

Is there a method for Identifying Learning disabilities from the start ?

Aaron Page

Being Culturally Sensitive..

With a melting pot of students, how do you blend the different cultural backgrounds and m,old them in to future workers?

Aaron Page

Antisocial Students

How do you encourage students who are introverts to join a study group?

Aaron Page

Every move and Detail

Can your Attitude change the enviroment of class?

Ninh Luong

new to teaching

My new position is to teach in a field that I have about 10 years experience in so I feel I know the subject matter fairly well but I can't stop being very nervous about the teaching aspect of it. My question is there any tricks to getting over my nervousness and building my confidence or is it just a matter of getting in there and getting experience. I just dont want to let anyone down mostly my students. Thanks for the help .

William Glose

Understanding the Learning Culture of the Group

I find it very important to quickly learn the learning culture of the group. In my experience, our school is small enough that we have small classes and the students are usually in the same classes together. As I get to know them, it is easier to learn how they learn.

Ian Lande CHEP

Transference of Learning

Do you see transference of learning occurying when you use active lessons that involve critical thinking especially in comparison to more lecture teacher centered lessons?

Paul Montano

ED101

I find that giving students more Labs, more Supplemental Material, more Text Book Activities, that on top of what is on the curriculum, they will gain more! They will be better learners They will be better employees

Dennis Wilt

Active Learning

Engaging students in active learning appears to be the best way of optimizing learning.

somyot lorenson

ED101

I like to start out with something funny before class,to get their's attention.

Paul Montano

ED101

I like to think that I model myself as someone that can teach and show students that they can learn, and that they can have confidence in what they do.

William Glose

First day of class

What are your thoughts about assigning seats for students prior to their first day of the class?

William Glose

New Course Preparation

What is the best way you have found to create PowerPoint slides for a course when they are not provided by the publisher?

Jessica Roy

keep the class engaged

encourage an activity to get bodies moving when there seems to be a lull.

Melville Petrosky

Discussion lengths

I often insert discussions with analysis questions and critical thinking issues into my lectures to engage the students. I wasn't aware that it was a special strategy until now; however, it does bring to mind many comments from students regarding how they don't get much time to talk in other classes. My main concern is how much time should be devoted to discussion. I have a 90 minute class that meets twice a week and a 3.5 hour class that meets once a week. I want to make sure that I have an appropriate balance.

Wayne Greene