Hi Maritza,
Keep the student excited by allowing the student to help others, or you can even give the student an additional challenge problem.
Patricia Scales
what can you do if a student already is experience with an specific task so he or she lack the excitment to learn?
Hi Katherine,
We have to give students a reason to buy into the course, and once they discover that they can benefit from the course either personally/professionally, they generally buy in.
Patricia Scales
When teaching "the dreaded chemistry course",the first day, I try to relate the content to the student's particular majors. It can be difficult to relate chem to a paralegal, for instance, so I relate it to a person's everday life. For example, "this is why we don't mix bleach and Ajax cleaner", or what they can tell their kids about why the sky is blue. I find the non-science student will look at the subject a little differently is they realize they are surrounded by and work with chemistry on a daily basis. They may not be excited about it as I am, but it does seem to shift attitudes a bit.
