A most effective technique for almost all subject matters is relating qusetioning to haow it effects inividuals personally. As the group is usually diversified, so are the points of view, and consequently the discussion becomes a chain reaction.

This concept seems to parallel with how to accomodate both rapid and slow learners. The ultimate goal in both cases is to get the group across the "finish line" together at the same level of competence.

It was a great review of teaching

With more and more adult student attending the classes, we as instructors must be sensitive to these group of learners and accommodate their learning speed and skills. Anwar

As an instructor, I should make a clear understand of the course objectives and following instructions properly, how these objectives can be achieved successfully.

I think introduction is very important in first day of class. Getting to know each other, espcially knowing students would help instructor to set the tone and create the right learning environment. Anwar

What technique do you use to break the ice when you meet your students for the first meeting?

I have a very small class and the program isn't very big yet. I am wondering what ways class size affects how you present to the class.

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Small group learning is the way to go. Always make sure that during the group assignment you make some body the Group Captain.

Goals must be explained to the students both in the begining and towards the ends Objective should be reasseed at the end of the course. If possible student survey should be based upon some of the objective which students should have accomplished.

For discussion's sake, I'm going to play devil's advocate here: while it is all well and good to accommodate different learning styles and to assist and encourage students with learning disabilities, I would argue that there are some students whose ambition outweighs their ability and potential. While they can, with great effort and time, learn the same materials as their peers and perform the same tasks at them, once they are thrown into the professional environment and these educational accommodations are removed, they are at a great competitive disadvantage. And, having (most likely) paid for their career educations with student loans, they are now tens of thousands of dollars (or more) in debt. For them, all this accommodation and encouragement we are giving them is, in fact, doing them a disservice. In short, higher education is not for everyone. Thoughts?

Some student don't answer question because they feel afray that the answer is incorrect and other students look them as not potentialy efective for the corse activities

The best way to obtain goals in your instructional procedure, is when you use a syllabus language before you start your objectives and presentation to the class

There is another aspect of working with language/writing issues that, working in an urban environment as I do, I encounter on a regular basis: the student who is a native English speaker, but whose spoken language is so far removed from academic, business, (so-called) proper English, that they can, for practical purposes, be considered an English as a Learning Language student. It could be persuasively argued that, in order to succeed in an academic setting and in (most) professional environments, they will need to learn the English language anew. The instructor must impart unto them the professional jargon and technical terms of the profession they teach, certainly. But is it the job of, say, a foundation-level visual communication instructor to get the student to change their very speech patterns, verb conjugations, inflections, and remove much of the slang and many of the idioms that, while common in the sub-culture from which they hail, will very likely impede communication with future clients, vendors, employers and co-workers?

As a Instructor at a technical institute,I have found that the addition of music during lab, relax's the pressure the students feel attempting to complete them by the time alloted.

I have my student teams compete for engine assembly time and ,of course, correctness and function. They really pay attention during the lectures.

Has anyone used a flowchart for their course outline? And if so, what did you find to be the advantage or disadvantage over a standard outline?

very challenging but rewarding

Does anyone have any fun ways to perform a review for the test that involves everyone and not just the one who know the material