david demko

Yes, I sure do. However, it's refreshing to re-assign students to new groups in order to keep things interesting, allowing new group members to get acquainted. The new groups have the same mix of learning styles, just like the previous groups. Isn't it strange that the classroom seating arrangement (chairs in rows all facing to the front of the class) has not changed in the past 200 hundred years? I make an effort to arrange the seating in a circular fashion, no matter what we are doing … lecture, discussion, etc because the circular arrangement immediately raises the classroom energy-level… >>>

Homework should be broadly defined. It is not confined to academic tasks related to classroom work. Homework is also an opportunity for personal reflection on the meaning, significance, or symbolism of a recent experience/event such as college orientation. Orientation "homework" can focus admonishing students to work on a list of benefits they will receive from their graduation, how their daily routine will be amended to foster academic success, how family and friends see you now and how that perception will gradually change as you move toward graduation. Orientation Homework is the school's opportunity to encourage students to "Think Outside the… >>>