Posts Tagged ‘classroom climate’
August 24 - Using the Syllabus to Create an Engaging Classroom Climate
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Effective Teaching Strategies
It’s important at the beginning of a course for students and their instructor to find out about each other. This exchange of information helps to create classroom climates of respect and fosters a spirit of exchange that can encourage students to ask questions, make comments, and otherwise participate in dialogue throughout the course.
June 9 - Get Students’ Attention Right from the Start of Class
By: Brenda M. Davis in Effective Teaching Strategies
“Let’s begin today where we stopped last class.” How many college classes start this way every day? Some students attend by searching their notes or books to discover where the prior class concluded. But, for most learners, this opening fails to capture their attention, and they struggle to find some connections to the topic.
