Noel Villadolid

My exams are a combination of Multiple-Choice, True/False, Completion, and Short Answer types. I consider these types of tests as most appropriate given the tecnical (computer)course I teach. After grading exams and showing the students the results, they normally do not debate the mistakes and errors they made on the Multiple-choice, True/False, and Completion sections. However, I have encountered a number of instances where a few students would contest the(incorrect)short answers that I have marked wrong, for consideration (ie. they clamor that their answer/s are correct as well, though they are just not the 'best answer/s'.) In all of these… >>>

Being a new instructor, I have come to realize that (during my first few days of teaching) my initial approach to cover disciplinary measures and be clear with these measures were delivered ineffectively. There was lack of force in how I 'layed the rules' for discipline in terms of keeping silence during class hours. Approaching almost the end of the term, I have observed that 30% of my students would talk frequently during class lectures despite my attempts to get their attention, telling them in the politest manner and terms (language) that they could possibly understand to be 'students that… >>>