Amanda Enright

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Skills application tests are essential for nursing or medical assisting teaching. You need to be able to see the students demonstrate the skill to know if they can do it or not, it's not as simple as a written test in my opinion

Amanda Enright

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teaching

I really like that teaching requires honesty and if you don't know something let the student know you will find it

Amanda Enright

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Learning styles

I like to ask the students the first day of class what helps them learn? This way I get a heads up on what kind of teaching to focus on

Amanda Enright

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Addendum

I wanted to make sure my addendum was strait forward and clear to every student. I also had each student write a paper to introduce themselves to me and be able to tell me something they may not want to share with the class. I also asked them to share what ways they think they learn best. In this activity it clearly let me get to see that all of my students are hands on learners. They did not care for lectures. They all told me they get bored easily when listening to lecture. Many of the students shared very… >>>

Amanda Enright

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The 3 "m's"

To Model, Motivate and Manage. I though these were great rules to follow. I started my first class by modeling what was expected. I motivate by showing them hands on demenstrations to follow and know that they are going to be doing these things on an every day basis. I manage by helping each student and making sure I meet all their different learning style needs.