Enhancing Student Retention

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Paula Francis

medical field

in the medical field things are constantly changing and its very important to stay up to date with the changes in the field

john fingal

Effective Retention Strategies

Retention is the key to the instructor's success. Keeping the students interest in the class keeps the students in the class. Thank you for your insight into the subject.

Kelly Locy

Motivation

Enthusiasm is th ekey to student success.

Stephanie Webb

Get them involved!

The more the students are involved with their own learning, the more they are motivated.

Kelly Locy

REFOCUS

It is really important to refocus the instructor when feeling withdrawn from a specific subject.

Kelly Locy

Enviornments

Creating a cul;ture that your students fell comfortable in is a sure way for retention.

Kelly Locy

adults

Uderstanding a new adult learneres challenges help to acheive a stable class setting.

kimberly curtis

Motivating Your Students

In order to motivate our students we must try different strategies to pull them in; and to make learning fun and memorable for our students. Motivation comes from within, but we must ignite the fuel to get them to have a passion for learning.

kimberly curtis

Keeping Your Focus on the Students

As instructors we must focus on our students needs and what we have to offer them to become successful students. It is imperative that we do this throughout our teaching to help motivate our students and allow them to feel successful.

kimberly curtis

General Strategies for Student Retention

We must provide our students with the necessary tools to be actively involved in the learning process; and provide them with tools to feel and become successful human beings.

kimberly curtis

Understanding Student Characteristics

It's good to recognize our student's needs and meet them where they are; with this in mind we will increase student moral and produce successful students.

BRUCE HAGER CHEP

TRY TRY AGAIN

TO ERROR IS HUMAN,THAT IS WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO SELF DOUBT.SO IF AT FIRST WE DONT SUCCEED,THEN TRY TRY AGAIN.A LIFE SPENT MAKING MISTAKES IS MORE HONORABLE THAN ONE SPENT DOING NOTHING.

Ron Stefanski

Motivating through announcements

I mentioned this earlier, but a nice touch that a professor once did to me was have a weekly motivational statement. Instead of giving a motivational story, this professor personalized it and made it unique and it really stuck to me. In my future classes, I am going to have something like this each week of the course that helps the students feel good about what they are doing and keeps them "on track". -Ron Stefanski

Ron Stefanski

A challenge to juggle it all

Sometimes as a professor I find it difficult to juggle all of my different commitments. AFter all, I am working full-time, working on various side projects, and teaching the course. I have always believed in the "lead by example" clause and when students explain they are having hard times I immediately relate to them and explain what my schedule is like and how I manage it. I have had a few "heart to heart" conversations with students and they have said that I really helped them. -Ron Stefanski

Ron Stefanski

Student retention - Methods that work

Something that I am going to begin to do in my next course is to send a message promoting how great the students are doing and motivational words for my students while they are pursuing their degree. I have found that many of my students WANT to do well, but sometimes things happen and they lean on the "giving up" method. -Ron Stefanski

Ron Stefanski

Adult Learning - Not as weird as they may think

One of the best things that I see happen in my courses is when someone who is much older than the other students reaches out and says how excited they are. Surprisingly, twice I have had students who are retired from the work force contact me in Live Chat sessions and strike up conversation. Many of them think that their colleagues are much younger than them but that isn't always the case. Usually I shock the student by telling them how old other students are but it is always refreshing to let them know that they aren't "too old" for an education. -Ron Stefanski

Cecil Oglesby CHEP

working in small groups

working with small groups I believe is esenial. I let my students pick their own lab groups and they all sit together. I feel this removes some of the tension. They are more at ease when we do reviews or studying. The answers are very often collective and if it is incorrect I just say ok lets find the answer together. Usually my class is very at ease and that takes the pressure off of the student and me.

Mathias Fok