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Inviting students to lunch.
Even in large lecture classes, it is possible to make personal contact with many of the students. A physiology professor for example, takes two students to lunch each week. Each week she randomly selects two names which are placed on the board at Monday's lecture. The two students are asked to see her after lecture and a mutually convenient time is set for lunch that week.
"In this way I get to know at least 30 students in the class fairly well," she notes. "Knowing these students helps my lecturing because I am better able to `pitch' a lecture if I know the interests and abilities of students in my class. It's also a lot easier to lecture to familiar faces."
A faculty member of business administration uses a similar technique. "I set aside three luncheon dates during the semester and invite students who would like to meet with me informally for lunch at the Faculty Club to sign up." Each term 15 to 20 students avail themselves of this opportunity.
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