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This year I did not get the opportunity to participate in any formal workshops. None were offered by the Hunterdon County ETTC, nor by any of the regional colleges or universities. But that does not mean I did not learn new techniques. Marco DiMarcello, my mentor, taught me quite a few things. Watching him conduct a scored discussion in November of 2001, I learned how to ask better "devil's advocate" type questions, by listening to what the students are saying, a
And unfortunately I did not get the chance to see Dr. " This way the students know that they have been acknowledged, and when to speak. But next year I fully and wholly intend on seeing other colleagues run sessions so that I can pick up more strategies. I still need to work on assessment questions. No doubt that I am better than I was way back in September, but I need to get better. William Fernekes run a question and answer session in his classes during the second quarter, and then with the switch to CWS and completely new material, my time was monopolized putting together a quality class that was meaningful to the students. nd what is missing from their statements. Marco seems to know what information he wants to hear from the students, and the questions he asks them are designed to have the student mention the data Marco wants to hear (to assess a reading generally). In other words, when multiple students raise their hand, you would say "OK, we'll hear from Brian first, then Liz, then Jon, and then Anna. I also picked up from him ordering students as they put their hands up. If the student does not respond with what he or she should have read that is a good indication to Marco that the student did not completely fulfill the assignment's requirements. In a way, the questioning that I have seen him use has two purposes.
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