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the human factor

important to be fair and caring with all students, very important for their learning and retention of the course.

Stess

What can i do to get my students more involved instead of complaining about the stesses of life?

Motivation

How to motivate students that have no interest of being there?

learners support

very important for learners of any age group to have the right support being internal or external both help a great deal in their learning process.

Motivation

We as instructors need to keep our students motivated no matter what material we may be covering that day. We need to keep the learning environment fun and interesting.

Rapport

I think that it is important that you build rapport with your students. This will help the students better understand you as an instructor and what you expect from your students.

Enthusiasm and Student Retention

It is important as an instructor that you are enthusiastic about what you are teaching. It is also important that you know the material. If you keep your class exciting you will keep your students.

Life stories

As a student I really enjoyed the life stories I received as a student; therefore as an instructor I try to provide as many as possible to the students for motivation.

Burn out

I had a bad group of students and I felt very burned out. I took time off and re-focused my energy; any other suggestions?

Student retention

I really try to make each student feel valued in my class. I think the key is listening to the students.

Students who are shy

How do you get a student or students out of their shell?

Good module on motivation

I learned some great examples for mmotivating my students

Keeping students engaged

Are there any other suggestions for keeping students engaged?

building an enviroment for students to learn

This was a great module. I try to implement some of the suggestions in my classroom such as rewarding any student a twinkie and 5 bonus points for acing an exam. I've seen more engagement from students since implementing this. I also like the fun enviroment in the classroom. I try to take a daunting task and making it fun and funny so they don't realize its work.

motivation

I beleive moyivation is the key to educating a young student or a adult student making sure they understand the more you learn the better your life could be enjoying the careerr path you have chosen and using your life experiences to teach.

What are some effective ways to motivate a student that is faililing

demonstrate you care about his success. Reward him in a form of praise when his scores improve. Reinforce his learning behavior by giving him the necessary tools and materials to work with. Devote time for him and check on him frequently to know his progress and help him solve his problems.Tell him some sucessful stories about people who failed but were able to persever and later on win their game. As Albeit Eisten once said" a problem well defined is a problem half solve". Make your class interesting by breaking your lecture materials into chunks. Display genuine concern to the student that you care.

motivation

motivation is a way of saying good job on ae on track

honesty and student retention

expalining to the student the importance of an education and being willing to assist the student is the key to retention

student's characteristics

it is important as instructors we treat each student as an individual

teaching

I just remember everytime I am in the classroom, I was once in the shoes of the students and I didn't want a boring teacher. So I try to make it fun to learn for everyone.