Student Lecture Goals from 22 January 2007

• Presenting concepts more than once; e.g., saying it and writing it
• Make sure that if I ask a queston, I wait, reformulate if necessary, etc., to ensure it's not a token lecture
• Use questions to engage students with each other, and to help assess their understanding of material
• Out of class/onlinequestions to find the material which needs more explanation
• Emphasize important pts., perhaps through bullets at the beginning of each lecture of key concepts
• Create more discussion opportunities by asking the classquestions, having them discuss with a neighbor and tell me different ideas back
• Use more visual aids/tools; more memorable to demonstrate key/difficult topics
• Occasionally intersperse lecture with quick questions to check students' understanding of concepts
• Do a quick review before class and at end
• Try to keep students engaging by taking time to pose questions and get student responses
• Try to find analogies or examples for course topics to allow students to connect with the material
• Talk to the students and not to the board
• Implement reviews of past material before jumping into new material
• Do quick review of material so students can get back on track
• Try to be dramatic about key points to emphasize them for students
• Prepare before class by being well organized
• Remembering to repeat the ?'s that students ask so the whole class can benefit
• Use organized lecture notes
• Make summaries within lectures
• Give visual examples of the lecture I am speaking about
• Avoid vague terminology
• Ask students questions within lectures and see if they understand what you said
• Ask students questions to see if they are understanding what I'm trying to teach
• Have good lecture notes prepared so I can write clear notes on the board that convey the information well
• Ask more questions during class to see if I need to explain topic more
• Review last class's topics at the beginning of class
• Slow down and add interactivity to ensure that viewers are following
• Add review and review/preview to the start/end of lecture plans
• Write from left to right systematically on the board
• Rephrase student questions so that the wholeclass can hear (and avoid "symbol speak" in explanation)

• Talk directly to students not to the board, my notes, my feet, etc.
• Encourage direct student interaction in response to questions, asking them to summarize, etc.