I have found it very motivational to have guest speakers and to take students on field trips.

I have found it very helpful to have guest speakers or take students on a field trip. This helps to reinforce there reason for coming to school.

This can be a very important tool when your students have a hard time with a particular topic. I feel that this concept can help me as well.

I have found it important that initially dealing with student frustrations can be a great help in the long run. If you let it go on unresolved it will continue to be a problem.

On the first day of class I have printed tent cards with their names on them and underneath their name it says Automotive Technician. The tent cards look professional with our company logo on them. This does two things, one I remember their names very quickly, and also reinforces the fact of why they came here, and what they are to become. I also have a tent card that says Automotive Technician. This says Big Me and Big You. If I have any problems pronoucing their names we take a minute and phonicly spell their names. Like Mine is Mr. Knee-rad. What are you guys doing?

Yes, I agree that if an instructor uses the "ah, uhm" frequently when answering a questions, the reliability of that instructor's answer might also be in question.

Instructor's humor about class topic, students' involvement in relating class topic with their life experiences and guiding them to succeed in class are most of the ingredients to student retention.

Building a rapport with students should be something that an instructor strives to do. If we can build a rapport, then we can build trust. If the trust is there they will reach their full potential

I have found that simply respecting our students often build rapport. Even when I don't agree with how they dress, act or other. Young men and women are seeking respect (think back to how we felt at that age). If we don't respect them as human beings and individuals then we loose their respect and everyone looses.

As an instructor, motivating 18 and 19 year olds can be challenging. I have utilized all the techniques taught in this module at one time or another. Understanding what motivates the individual is the key.

sometimes it the students, not the subject matter that motivate the instructor

Students need to feel motivated, and that can be achieved by an exciting and engaging lecture.

Student involvement is vitally important to retention.

With online courses they feel more at home.

Over the last few years I have noticed an increase in the amount of students unable to read and write. I understand some of the career change students, but students fresh out of High School unable to spell or formulate a sentence! When the students turn in their lab sheets I truely have a hard time understanding what they have attempted to write. Have others noticed this or is it a region thing?

how do you get student to care

how many week vaction should instructor get

I find that if you can have a little fun in class,this helps every one relax it dose not have to be all pain all the time.

I teach Crime Scene Technology, which is a very hands-on aspect of forensic training. Much of our curriculum is geared toward what feels like on-the-job training. In keeping with this, I like to begin each day by conducting a "briefing," just as is done in a law enforcement setting. This way, the students feel as if they are coming to work, not to class. By treating them like professionals and calling them crime scene technicians, they have responded as such and our briefings get better and better!

During my classes we cover a large varity of topics in a short time. I find that by adding a "real life' situation or story that actualy happened in my past tends to drive home the point of that particular lesson. Students connect better to something that is real and not just words from a book.