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Ceola Donald CRI, AAS

Developing your communication skills

There's no doubt that good communication makes all the difference in the world. Communication is on the top of the list for most students with their instructor. In developing my ommunication skills, I look back at my expereience as a student and ask myself how can I best communicate with my students, what was missing for me and I use that as a quide-line. Keeping in touch with my Association, News papers, and any other source I can extract information from helps with my communication skills.

Cynthia Christie

Using Multiple Testing Formats

If we as instructors use multiple testing formats for our students, because of the difference in formats the student will need to put forth perhaps a little more effect for the exam. This is to the benefit of the student.

Joshua Shore

Critical and Analytical Thinking in Active Learning

I think that active learning in the classroom is a great tool for students because it allows them to engage themselves in both analytical and critical thinking. Working all aspects of their brain. It allows them to utilize the various resources available to them engaging each other, the teacher,to discover the most useful information.

Shalanda Buchanan

Allowing students to introduce another student

Some students are really, really shy and when you ask them to introduce themselves they normally talk very soft and just say their name.When you allow time in class for them to select a partner and they tell them a little about themselves, they forget all about being shy. It's normally easier to introduce someone else rather than yourself.

Megan Eischen

Course work not directly related to the field of study

What are some ways you work with students and the coursework that aren't directly related to their area of study, i.e. they have less time/energy put into learning the material?

Michael Mattingly CHEP

retention

discussion and real world application raises engagement of content leading to experience which leads to confidence which leads to the possibility of achievement which in turn drives achievement. if they don' believe they can, they won't.

Michael Mattingly CHEP

dynamics

movement and making games engages students in the content but also creates the feeling of searching, finding, and achieving.

Michael Mattingly CHEP

sensory overload

distraction with all this activity my draw students' attention away from the class and the content.

Michael Mattingly CHEP

accelerated environment

organization and content management reduces being sidetracked in instruction

Michael Mattingly CHEP

difficiencies

encouragement and support along with providing them with how to access other resources for assistance outside of the classroom adds to the success of the student

Michael Mattingly CHEP

student groups

small groups lead to big results. i keep groups to no more than 3 to a group. This maintains intimacy and reduces the opportunities for conflict to overcome the group.

Michael Mattingly CHEP

communication

mixing subject matter words into discussion and giving a simple definition of those words help to draw students into the subject itself, making those words a part of them.

Souad McCune

When things dont go as planned to intial syllabus

When there are unexpected snow days, or times that student dont even show to class, planned lectures are often moved back. How should the instructor approach the situation?

Souad McCune

First time teaching and students are argueing text book material

My first time teaching, I was instructed to teach out of the book. If I notice an error I would take it the head department and discuss it with them, but what do you do when a student insist the text book is wrong when really it isn't? They believe because they found it on a website that its reliable, and the test question should be changed.

Cynthia Christie