- Grade and check completed homework.
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- May assume homework is completed and students are able to perform on a test.
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- May remind students of incomplete assignments.
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- May not remind students of incomplete assignments.
Hint: It's your responsibility to check with your instructor to see if requirements are being met.
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- May know students' needs and approach students when they need assistance.
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- Are usually open and helpful but expect students to initiate contact when assistance is needed.
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- May be available before, during and after class.
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- May require students to attend scheduled office hours.
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- Have been trained in teaching methods.
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- Have content knowledge but not necessarily formal teaching methods.
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- Often provide students with information missed during absence.
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- Expect students to get information from classmates when they miss a class.
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- Present material to help students understand what is in the textbook.
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- May not follow the textbook, but lectures enhance the topic area.
Hint: You need to connect lectures and textbook.
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- Often write information on the board or overhead to be copied for notes.
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- May lecture non-stop — if they write on the board, it may be to support the lecture, not to summarize it.
Hint: Good notes are a must, or a recording device may be used with permission.
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- Teach knowledge and facts, leading students through the thinking process.
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- Expect students to think independently and connect seemingly unrelated information.
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- Often take time to remind students of assignments and test dates.
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- Expect students to read, save and refer back to course syllabus.
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