I learn to understand the styles my students desire to learn better and faster

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I plan to know each individual in my classroom by asking them their preferences, and what makes their learning fun.

Active class management. General, personal, practical, and professional barriers.  Self direction, variety of tools, various learning styles, individual practice, clear expectations, less threatening. 

For both the student and myself, I have learned to grow continuously by  modeling the great teachers and motivate my students to learn with joy.

Critical and analytical thinking processes.  Components of active learning including who, actions, activities, resources, time and productivity.

Different types of tests and their effectiveness.  When to apply one test from another.  How to construct a test and why tests are crucial to the learning process.

Rubrics should be clear on what the student is going to be evaluated on.

Elements of listening, responding, and using questions in discussion.  Different types of questions, redirecting questions, expanding questions.

Learning about different learning styles, and strategies for instructors is thought provoking.  Also it brings an element of time management to the solution of trying to maximize teaching efficiency.

I think the different learning styles allows the educator to become creative; it is an opportunity to utilize different methods to assist students with their learning needs and retainment. To do so, the educator must be familiar and comfortable with the content and lesson plans.

Understanding the the different learning styles really allows the instructor to show empathy towards the individuality of the student. For example I learned that some students can actually learn while there is music on and tossing the ball around while memorizing. Its opened my eyes to recognize they are not being distracted but trying to learn!