Teaching style methods to include all students?
My classroom consits of 40 students in a trade school. They come to the class with varying levels of experience and aptitude for the trade. My difficulty lies in teaching to the "middle" student and still give the appropriate attention to the lower and upper levels of the class. Any suggestions?
Another suggestion is to have students assess and submit a self-eveluation of his/her own learning style early on e.g. day 1 of the course.
In doing so we the instructors will learn what type of students we have and how s/he learns; modifications to the presentation of the material can then be made accordingly so that each learning style is considered.
I would try to use many different teaching styles to include the entire class or the "middle" student. I would have handouts available for different projects so students could study these later and would have access to the information. I would try to use a lot of visuals in the handouts. I would put the students in groups and go around to each group to help more individually.
Gina Larson
Hey--Paul,
I completely agree with Steven...break em up into groups with "mentors."
Students tend to become empowered with that type of class organization, and leadership skills often emerge!
Divide the group into thirds and slowly develope mentors. with 40 students you can't be everywhere all the time. mentoring enables knowledge and experience to trickle down. Self confidence is a huge motivating factor
