How To Help The Student Get The Most Out Of Class

 

Take early and gentle initiative in seeking an ongoing dialogue with the student about the ways in which you can be supportive.

 

Take care to make eye contact and to encourage participation and questions.

 

Assist the student in teaming up with a classmate to obtain copies of notes.

 

Permit the use of a tape recorder in class.

 

At the start of each class provide a brief review of the previous class session and an overview of what to come.

 

Provide an outline of the lecture to guide the student and to make more apparent its structure when discussions diverge from it.

 

Take care to include time for questions, discussions and requests for further examples.

 

Highlight major concepts and terminology both orally and visually, remembering to read aloud material or the board or on transparencies.

 

Describe verbally, diagrams, charts, and graphs.

 

In complex mathematical sequences use color to follow transformations and highlight relationships. Take care to explain procedures slowly and in step-by-step fashion.

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