Olga Francois

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Model for successful classroom management

Students live what they learn. And so I believe that a teacher's physical appearance and organizational skills will set the pace for successful students and student behavior.

Olga Francois

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self reflection on the course

The overall experience with this course was very enlightening and informational. I will definitely implement these strategies and skills to further empower my students and develop as an instructor.

Olga Francois

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Summative Vs Formative

Seeing this distinction helped in my thinking about how to support my students moving forward.

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Summative Evalution

It was good knowing the difference between Summative and formativeâ€¦it was terrific in terms of thinking of supporting student learning throughout the course versus assessing student knowledge at the end of the course.

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Plan B

It was terrific learning that we should always have a plan B in case the lessons we planned don't pan out as we anticipated. Sometimes as instructors we get really passionate about plan A. This knowledge encourages us to think more flexibly.

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i loved the definition of learning

learning that learning is amount continual application of knowledge was really insightful for me

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Personality Strengths & Weaknesses

Knowing my personality helps me know what my strengths and my weaknesses so that I can improve - this was helpful to think about

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Limits to Extrinsic Motivation

I liked knowing that after a while extrinsic motivations can produce diminishing returns. I liked learning that they are to be used until a student can tap into his/her intrinsic motivation