control student behavior during class
Expain to all students that everyone paid to take this course and interruptions cheat other students. We suggest that open disscusion of question as long as there are relievent to the course topic, we will answer all questions, some many need to wait until we are further into the presentation.This is done because we will cover these questions during ythe presentation. Envolve students bye asking questions on material presented within the last 5 minutes of lecture. Always call student by his name and walk around the class area to keep others from having side conversation, with the people aside of them.
Engage student bye having them do an excersize which gets them up from their seats, which will cut down on the ones not involved and tending to sleep. This will make each student move around the class room and get them interatvite with each other
I explain to the students that everyone has paid to be in this class and at the end of their matriculation with or without a degree they will be required to repay the money loaned. As a result, it is in the students best interest to sit down, be quiet and lesson to the lecture, and further to participate in an appropriate manner when called upon.
These sound like very helpful points. I'm a first time instructor and I was beginning to get concerned with the excessive side talking and though i've tried a couple of those tips, I plan to definitely try exercises to get them up and moving besides required lab time.
