monitoring students
I do monitoring daily as we have alot of practical work. I love taking students aside and showing them diffrent concepts of how to do things. They really seem to want to learn.
Diane, I like the balance you provide in your examples and illustrations! It shows you care for the advancement of your students. Best wishes. Gary
Hi Diane! Thanks so much for your comments! The 10 minute skills test seems like an excellent application for practice and mastery - curious, have you ever had a student, while mastering the skill at hand, move to the next step or level (under your guidance of course) without specific instruction in the new task? Do you think that helps to engage the student further or does it create the challenge of doing something incorrectly and then building on it?
Jay Hollowell
ED106 Facilitator
I also monitor my students daily with 10 minute skills test. I walk around the classroom and individually I will help each and everyone of them just for a few minutes, so they can perfect the skill. I also grade them on and individual bases.
I agree I am a chef instructor and i walk from station to station and the students ask me question.
Hi Floyd! Thanks for your observations. I have also found that walking around and getting into the learning space (not personal space) helps to further engage students and makes it easier for them to ask questions. As you reference, it also helps the instructor to keep a pulse on what is going on in the classroom or lab.
Jay Hollowell
ED106 Facilitator
I feel by walking around the room and monitoring the student they have a tendency to ask more questions because if you are standing right there it does now draw attention to them. Also you can see how they are finding answers.
While teaching illustration techniques, I must walk around the room to observe that everyone is on task. I will do quick critiques on the students individual sketches and then continue with demo and lecture.
I take care to make sure students in groups don't get the group mentality. That's standing back and letting someone else do all the work. At first they seem irrated but come to understand what my end goal is for them.
