Katrina Susca

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Helping highlight important topics for the students

Teaching is new to me so I am really enjoying this learning module. I really like the idea of really being straight forward with the students and highlighting the main topics to be covered that day and using statements that really draw the students attention to the point you are going to make. I know that I had instructors who I felt did not seem to want us to succeed or help us in anyway to know what was important, and that sure was not the best learning environment. We want the students to learn and succeed so it sure… >>>

Katrina Susca

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Graphic organizers

I like the idea of uding graphic organizers to help students identify the key points. They can also help when having the students summarize the into at the end of class for better learning.

Katrina Susca

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Judicious review

As a clinical instructor I plan touse judicious review at the clinical site with the students skills as well as helping them to review and link they information they are using in their theory classes.

Katrina Susca

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Self-awareness of intelligence

SInce everyone has intelligence, it can be helpful to the students to help them discover their strogest area of intelligence. This can really boost their self-confidence, willingness and ability to learn by helping them see they ways they are intelligent (especially if it is in the non-traditional way). Placing a value on all intelligences will make the student realize the intelligence within themselves to give them more confidence to learn in more situations.

Katrina Susca

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Students being overwhelmed

I think one of the biggest barriers that students in the VN program face is that overloaded overhwhelmed feeling. Helping the students to use their working memory to incorporate episodic and somantic memories is one of our biggest jobs as instructors.