Nicole WhitelyAdams

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Instructors helping students with disabilities

Helping students with disabilities is important. A few months ago, I had a student who was great hands on (with his skills) however, he bomb test. I took a look at two of his test, and realized that the student did well up to question #20 and there after not well. I spoke to the student, He stated, Ms. A. I don't know what's wrong. I encouraged he to go and see a doctor. In the interim, I decided from that point on, I will have the student take the test in two increments. This idea worked well. The student… >>>

Nicole WhitelyAdams

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Helping students with reading

Lately in my classroom, I have found a handful of students with reading deficiency and limited vocabulary. I help my students breakdown the words annunciation. Then we work on the prefixes, suffixes and context clues in the sentences. THen have them repeat the word and meaning to mean. They are also aware that the word may be on a pop quiz.

Nicole WhitelyAdams

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Evaluation individual students working on group projects

A modulars ago, I assigned group projects to students. Everyone worked well together except one group. There were two slackers. Ironically, these two slackers had the same issue with another instructor prior to coming to my class but yet, they chose to work together again. One the day when the project was due, I had each person from each group grade their fellow classmates. To my surprise, they were all fare. As for the slackers, first student did not come to school. that student received a zero. The second student, stayed in the LRC all class section to make up… >>>

Nicole WhitelyAdams

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maintaining eye contact

It's extremely important to make eye contact with students. Especially, while relaying important information. However, with growing number of immigrants, culture diversity may hinder a response without eye contact from the recipient. The lack of eye contact should not be taken out of content or as a means of disrespect or dishonesty but, as a common culture practice. NAdams

Nicole WhitelyAdams

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mantaining professionalism

As an instructor, students look up to you with high expectations. By maintaining professionalism in and out of the classroom, the students will repsect you as an instructor and a individual.

Nicole WhitelyAdams

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Reducing cheating students

We can ellievate cheating with the classroom by giving small, mini quizzes, tests. Make these quizzes/ test unexpected. By doing this students will not have any time to preapare for cheat and will be preapred for class.

Nicole WhitelyAdams

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capture students attention

By implementing activities, games, researches, current events, and various discussion that stimulating to student’s psyche, not only doe it evoke thinking but, evokes thinking out of the box. This enhances their knowledge as well as self confident and success in life.

Nicole WhitelyAdams

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Show example of work

I believe in showing example to the students. My rationale is because the is a hands on technique. By showing students what you are looking for in a particular situation, I believe they would have a better understanding of what the outcome is expected. As a result, this will increase productivelty in the class.