Success Behaviours

I encourage students to engage in behaviors that is linked to success:
What are those behaviours.

“The chief impediments to learning are not cognitive. It is not that students cannot learn; it is that they do not wish to"

If educators invested a fraction of the energy they now spend trying to transmit information in[to] trying to stimulate the students’ enjoyment of learning, we could achieve much better results.”

 

try to connect your class material to skills your students will need professionally and academically in the future. Explain that our classes are focused on Academic English. Thus they must demonstrate academic success skills in addition to English language concepts.

 

Communicate with your mentor or AD if you are not positive about a college or department policy. It is very hard to take back a statement or promise once you have made it.

 

Read faces: If a student seems confused, angry, or frustrated, don’t ignore him/her. When you finish class, just say, “Excuse me, ________ , could you stay after for a moment and speak with me?”

 

Communicate frequently about your students’ progress and grades. Your students should never be wondering about how they are doing.

 

Use the assigned textbooks for the class and test on that material. Again, be sure to explain why the skills you teach are valuable to your students’ future success in their academic and professional lives after your class.

As described by Carol Dweck and Elaine Elliot in their article, “Achievement Motivation”:

Intelligence is a set of skills that increases through effort, not a fixed quality to be judged. Students should not ask themselves, “Will I look smart?” or “Will I get a good grade?” but, instead, “What will I learn?” and “How can I do this?”

•that grades follow learning: students pay to learn, not to pass!

Clearly define your expectations to your students at the beginning of class and in your syllabi

 

       --Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in “Literacy and Intrinsic Motivation.”

“Encourage student behaviors linked to success.”

– President Templin, Convocation  Fall 2011