Christine Felchner

I like the part about taking a little time to monitor each student and not jump in to assuming they are off task. This happened to me reently when a student had a cell phone out - she was checking for an address to fill in a form and I assumed she was texting!

Jane Davis

Hi Craig!

Here's something that I have done with students. At the start of a new class, I give the students a very visual worksheet that will help with studying for quizzes and exams. To fill that in, I will try to have an end-of-class activity for that days lesson so that students can fill in the study sheet. It can be labelling something, timelining a process, or simply filling the blanks - variety is good. I can be broken down sections of the text.

This worksheet also helps me to look ahead with my preparation.

Give this some thought on how you can make it work for you and your classes and see if they do better on quizzes/exams.

GREAT question - good job!

Jane Davis
ED106 Facilitator

Craig Pouti

This is an area that I need to work on. I've fallen into just asking the class if there are any questions and the usual result is no questions asked, then later finding out that quite a few students didn't fully understand.

clive clarke CHEP

student monitoring is a positive way of observing student progress. Strong instructors always pay attentions to his students class room involvement.

Byron HIbbs

James,
What do you think about asking questions that lead to the amount of understanding a student has of the subject matter. I think the use of questions that will give the Instructor feedback as to whether or not the students are actually understanding the subject rather than shake their heads yes, is a great idea. I like questions such as those listed on Blooms Taxonomy for interactive feedback. How about you?

Jane Davis

Hi James!

There really is a fine balancing act that instructors/facilitators have to perform.

Good job!

Jane Davis
Ed106 Facilitator