A valuable lesson I learned long ago is that people learn in different ways. Effective instructors not only quickly acknowledge this fact, but are also adept in altering their teaching styles when necessary. Obviously some course content does not allow much variation. Despite these constraints an effective instructor can still hit the right chord that will ultimately connect best with that student. This does not mean the instruction becomes wildly fragmented due to an instructor trying too hard to accommodate individual students, but on a smaller scale the instructor has more latitude in their teaching style.