Lecture and hands on are what the student's respond to.

I like to call on various students during lecture in order to keep everyone engaged.

To me one of the most important parts of classroom management involves the instructor paying attention to the students and realizing when a lecture, lab, handout or something similiar is ineffective. Keeping adult students attention is the most important part of efectively teaching in my opinion.

For me meeting a class for the first time is probably the most important day in the term. It is important to set the tone for the class, as well as the expectations, and requirements. I like to set a relaxed environment with an emphasis on consequences, both good and bad, that reflects my personal attitude of hard work with a smile.

I try to make it a point to always be in the classroom before the first student arrives. I find that if I am running late the first part of the class will be almost a total wash than if I had prepared for it. If I am late I will be rushed to get the classroom laid out for lecture, as well as lab activities. By being early I allow myself plenty of time to prepare myself and my classroom for the day.

One of the hardest challenges I have faced is helping students who work full time during the day, find the motivation needed to stay on task and focus at night. One of the best motivational tools I have found so far is to try and focus on the long term impacts of learning and understanding the course material. I always try to relate to the students that the core skills they learn in the classroom have daily relevance in their chosen career field. I find that if I help the students focus on how a subject will apply to them in the field they generally rub the sleep from their eyes and sit a little straighter in their chairs to take my lecture in.

Learning groups for lab work,works well as long as the groups remain small. A maximum of three people per group works well in our industry. It is important to emphasis that each student must perform all required tasks. I find that quizzing each group member verbally while the learning teams are performing help to evaluate the effectiveness of the team performance. Team learning groups based on lecture or additional self study is more difficult because the atmosphere is more relaxed. Giving each team a question to answer based on the lecture seam to work because it gives the team a goal.

I like the idea of using 3x5 cards. I can insert cards that remind me that if it has been more than 10 minutes to change it up or take a break.

I personally feel that analitical thinking has more to do with knowledge of the particuler subject matter, IE: Mechanical, administrative or Mathmatical,and hands on experience rather than generl subject matter. it's extremely difficult if not impossible to apply analitical thought process to a subject that one does not understand the ground rules for the subject at hand.

sometimes I find it hard to keep the attention of my students during lecture

upon the first day of class not only do I hope to have a great first impression, but want to be able to reach my students intellectually

With the text delivered sometimes it is difficult to accomplish a well delivered lesson plan

I feel as a new instructor I am not getting the point across on some of the material I am teaching. With note taking, board writing , video, hands on etc i still feel some are not getting it? HELP

At the school I teach at we only have a finite number of rooms that can be used to classrooms, for whatever reason my class is is the one that usually gets the last say of what room we need for class that day, we have different amenities in different rooms. We also have a finite amount of supplies, i.e., projectors and laptops with appropriate school related software available. I have made it clear on several occasions to a few different administrators of what we need or what would make it easier to fulfill the needs of class, but my requests go to the wayside. How can I make the best of almost never having all of the materials I need for my classes?

I am a new instructor to the classroom and so I have been guest lecturing until I get my first class in a couple weeks. I have found that in the group of 6 there are always 2 students who answer every question or are eager to share a response. How can I try to engage the rest of the class without making those who aren't responding feel like they are put on the spot? I feel a little silly because as a student myself I was always the quiet one and I would not like being called on. As a teacher, however, I am not sure how resolve the problem. -Leslie

It depends on the subject but I make a variety. I do multiple choice, matching and I do use short answer. For instance, When I taught Med terminology I used a lot of short answer because I want the spelling done correctly. You have to know how to spell medical terms.I feel multiple choice is not appropriate for spelling. So it depends on what your testing when you use a certain format to make up the test.

i found that students with learning disabilities really responded to what i learned in ed106

student diversity helps everyone learn better from what i have observed

this was a great refresher in getting the students reved up.

I do believe in giving study guides to a certain extent. I don't give them a study guide with the answers to the test or even word for word on the test. If they take good notes and review the study guide then that will help them with the test. I don't believe in giving them all multiple choice either. I do put some short answers on the test to make them think of the correct answer.