I agree about making eye contact with each student during lecture. It helps me find out if the student is understanding the topic or not.

As an instructor, one is met with many challenges; some of those can include reading disabilities and comprehension barriers. Whatever the challenge may be, the instructor must work to create an inclusive environment and work to make sure all students feel accepted.

Students enjoy working in groups. It helps to keep them all engaged when they learn from each other.

All students are capable of learning. Obviously, when one has certain challenges, it requires the instructor to be creative in ways to meet the student where they are.

Eye contact is important and welcoming for students. When students are in the classroom, they need to feel that the instructor recognizes who they are.

I work with older students and sometimes getting an answer out of them is like pulling teeth. I have tried asking leading questions. I have started the answer and then asked them to finish the answer. and still I get very short answers and most of the time incomplete. Let me give an example what is the correct procedure to adjust brakes? answer tighten the nut back it off retighten and set clearance. I have yet for one of my students to start with making sure the brakes are released or wheels are chocked this is part of the bearing adjustment. I try to prompt them into telling me the complete procedure the way it was taught to them. I have emphasized the complete procedure. Understand this is just an example and I could give you tons more am I asking for to much?

Explaining, giving 15 minute lecture, and demonstrating hands on.

Talk to your students a little bit about yourself and your background experience. Ask your students to say their names individually.

I respect my students point of view, and opinions and I also use my personal experience.

make a list of all the materials you will need for the class.

I always think safty when wiring should be taught befor, during, and after labs. So when there in the field hopefuly they wont forget.

I like to shake things up by using lecture, powerpoints, movies and other interactive activities.

As a way to ease the tension on the first day of class, I always have the students do icebreaker activities.

Implementing the syllabus online always gives the students access to what will be covered in class.

In class, I like to use a personal experience and lecture on a certain subject to demonstrate real life examples. I feel it keeps the students more intrigued.

I do in class evaluations every week to see where my students are at and how much material they have absorbed.

It is fun to have my students ask each other questons. I get a better response

I feel that visual learners are a little more inteactive if there is some type of hands on activity!

I did glean some helpful information from this some of this section. I like the section that highlighted how to evaluate if teaching is taking place. And how to incorporate with your lecture, a discussion. I have seen that this style of delivery does in deed assist with student information retention. It can be an easy assessment of where students are during the course of the class.

I have found that the paperwork on the first day of class can be very overwhelming to students considering that they have multiple classes. I like to make two packets to give to my students; One packet is the information that they can keep for themselves to review as needed (includes emergency evacuation maps, syllabus, my contact information) and a packet they must review, sign, and return. Being organized and thorough helps to alleviate some of those first day anxieties!