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The
more instructions I give, the more students “get it” and really learn.
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The higher my
expectations are, the better my students do.
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Enthusiasm
really is contagious.
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Making
mistakes is okay!
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Second chances are a great way to get students to try
again.
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When
grading, I try to focus on the finding and commenting on what you did right
in addition to what you did wrong.
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Students really do learn in different ways and with
different approaches. My frustration with that is that it’s easy for me to
adopt a protocol for my classes that works for me better than it might work
for some students.
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There
is safety in numbers. Team projects, study buddies, and other collaborative
learning experiences give you an automatic back-up plan.
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There will always be those students who give 110% in a
course and those who barely meet the requirements. These are the outliers;
the rest are firmly in the middle of the curve and do their best on a
regular basis!
