geekitarian

A class can be challenging without being hard. Instructors don’t have to make everything as hard as possible.  By making things challenging, but accessible, you’re more likely to win students’ attention and focus. If you know somebody’s name and look them in the eye, they’ll listen better. Learning a student’s name is a show of respect that they’ll appreciate.  Making the effort to learn about your students strengthens the relationship. Fun and serious aren’t mutually exclusive. If you’re excited about the topic you teach, it shouldn’t be hard to have fun with this.  Everybody likes to have fun. Evaluating frequently is better than evaluating at the end. Research shows that smaller comprehensive exams enable students to retain more knowledge than a single final exam.  Keep them engaged with the material by evaluating them regularly. Students shouldn’t be the only ones being evaluated. Most students won’t tell you outright that y...