having a well managed and organized classroom creats a better environment for the students and elminats distraction from the subject at hand

promoting and embracing classroom diversities would encourage students from all different backgrounds to reamain in the classrooms, also by offering tutorial sessions for students who can't grasp the the subject in class can resort to for further clarification.

visual learner, aural or Auditory learners,read/write, Kinesthetic learners who prefer learning via hands-on activities. these are some of the ways an instructor can reach his/her students. understanding there needs and meeting their cognitive capacity

Instructors must recognize what it takes to make all students feel important and valued. Taking time to know their students will help the instructor develop methods that will retain the student's interest.

Being successful in college entails a certain enthusiasm for wanting to know and learn about things that a student can use to enhance their growth and understanding. The instructor can always use these tools as reinforcements to engage as reasons for wanting to be successful in college.

Always keep in mind that your job doesn't only provide for the transferral of knowledge, but it actually allows for students to rethink about why they are there. If you are not excited about your daily instruction, they will recognize this and it will reflect upon their desire to put forth the effort to take on the challenges of school and be willing to be determined to graduate.

As an instructor, you should seek out opportunities to apply the class content to what the students would actually use it for once they are in the workforce. These work-based scenarios will pique their interests and instill in them the reason why they enrolled in the first place, which was to become productive citizens within their chosen career field.

Students in most classes come from many diverse backgrounds, ages, and instructional/learning preferences. They know and understand how they were taught in the public school system and sometimes are accustomed to that style of learning or may be dissatisfied with their childhood learning experiences and expect a proprietary school to meet and/or exceed their expectations. Sometimes it is a difficult task for the instructor to take all of these different learning styles and preferences into consideration while still covering the core competencies of the course. In my experience as an instructor, I have found that sometimes sharing your life experiences and stories does help the students realize that you have been in their place and are capable of getting them through this transitional phase of uncertainty by telling them your successes as well as your challenges when you were in college. They really appreciate you making the classroom experience real for them so that they begin to believe that their goals and dreams are attainable, but they first must make that effort and your facilitation of the class objectives will then seem within their reach.

There are many ways an instructor could motivate his/her students, whether by their energy, the learning activities they plan, the visual aids they use, etc. Aside from that, I also believe in trying to spark a sense of motivation within the student themselves, along the lines of that old saying: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" I suppose that by using the methods I first mentioned, an instructor is inspiring self motivation by example, but I think that speaking to students about learning in a general way, pointing out how exciting the acquisition of new knowledge and skills can be, gives the students a desire to pick up that metaphorical fishing rod and take that urge to learn with them into later experiences. That was a run-on sentence and a half, wasn't it...

One of the greatest rewards in teaching is helping students discover their potential in spite of their self-doubt. Discuss some particular examples of cases, past or present, where this perception was clearly evident.

One of the greatest rewards in teaching is helping students discover their potential in spite of their self-doubt. Discuss some particular examples of cases, past or present, where this perception was clearly evident.

Discuss the fear factor associated with quizzes/tests and the inappropriateness of using the threat of a quiz as a discipline control technique.

Discuss the fear factor associated with quizzes/tests and the inappropriateness of using the threat of a quiz as a discipline control technique.

What intrinsically motivates you to be effective in the classroom? What extrinsically motivates you to be an excellent instructor?

I am extremely enthused about my career field and constantly convey this attitude to my students. I continue to stress the importance of being on time, completing assignments and then giving examples of how these values apply to the work force. Number one on my list of things to do on a daily basis to keep my students motivated. I have a positive attitude, present a professional appearance, vary my teaching style and constantly use myself and others n the field as examples of what motivation can do for their career.

I love to teach but i'm finding it hard to lecture at times cause i have a learning disablilty. i feel i should share with my class but at the same time i don't want to discreate myself but i know when i read aloud or i'm trying to explain something to the class i feel the class is judging me cause i fumble and prounce words wrong i can say them in my head but whn it comes to saying them out loud i get nervous and fumble. what do i do

I liked this module, as it remided me that there are many different componets that blend together to create a succesful learner.

I hear impersonal problems everyday in class. It's good to see that the way I am handling them are correct. I listen, recommend a course of action and then refocus the student. So I'm glad to see I'm doing the right thing!

There's a fine line between showing empathy and bending the rules for a well rehearsed sob story. Years of experience has taught me to always be prepared with alternate arrangement which allows the student to save face while testing their sincerity in completing their learning tasks . . . If properly administered a great instructor can create alternatives that allow students with hardships to navigate the tasks yet making the experience a behavioral teaching event i.e. learning themselves to be better prepared. What say you?

How can an instructor present requirements for high quality work in a way that increases student retention?