tedh1951

Iain,

Just another thought - ask your students to explain to you what they understand of your requirements of them - the process of having to consider how best to explain a notion often leads to a realisation that the knowledge has already been learnt - you get direct, very specific, feedback and are then able to work out what part of your lesson is not getting through - it may be a perception rather than functional/operational/mechanical problem. All teachers have problems getting the message across at times, the good ones find ways to circumvent the barriers to learning (might be caused by you, or by the student) it may mean you use different language (no I don't mean French) - or a demo rather than a discussion - experiment, teaching is much more instinctive than you may think - it is all common sense. You know the answer to the problem - you just don't know you know that answer, yet.

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Ted