Donna Kelly

Discussion Comment

I give multiple choice tests as well as practical tests. I will give the multiple choice test first and then grade them together as a group so we can discuss the correct and wrong answers as they come up. I want to correct the porblem as soon as it occurs rather than sending them home thinking their wrong answer was right.

Donna Kelly

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Soft Skills

I believe soft skills are very important and are often over looked by instructors. I teach my students as if each day is a job. I inform them at the beginning of the course why I expect them to be on time, prepared and have a good attitude. They are required to clock in and out at the beginning and end of class as well as for lunch. If they are more than ten minutes late, they have to makeup an hour. They can bring up their whole grade by the evaluation of their team work. The students will complain,… >>>

Donna Kelly

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Engaging the shy student.

To help students that are too shy in class to speak up, I will put the students in discussion groups. I will then ask a question and give them time to discuss it among themselves briefly. Then one student can answer for the group. I find that this sometimes allows the shy student to build up their confidence first in a small group before they are ready to respond to the whole class. I have found that as the class progresses, that shy student tends to participate more as a whole.

Donna Kelly

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The Instructor's Learning Style

How does the learning style of the instructor influence their teaching style? I wonder if the learning style of the instructor is Visual, is it harder for them to teach in an auditory method? I am a visual person but I tend to lecture more to my students.