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Holding an outside review session once every two weeks.
An ethnic studies professor who teaches a large introductory course holds voluntary discussion sessions on a regular basis to review the material and answer student questions. The session is held in a smaller room immediately following his lecture when students are most likely to have questions. There is no set agenda for the session. The teacher simply fields student questions and stimulate discussion of important concepts and ideas. He has found that between 20 and 50 students attend each session (out of an enrollment of 350). The sessions, besides being worthwhile for the students, give the professor an opportunity to get to know his students and their concerns.
A professor in anthropology also uses this technique, scheduling a weekly review session after each Friday's lecture. "It's helpful to me," she notes, "because I can identify what students understand and what they don't."
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