Suggestion 172. Model your own high standards to students

IF YOU WANT TO:

• Motivate students to do their best work

• Encourage students to come to class prepared

Modeling your own high standards for students.

"If you do a sloppy job, you can't expect the students to do a good one," one history professor explains. "I point out to the students that I put in several hours preparation outside of class and I expect them to do the same. After all, I already know the material, and if it takes me several hours to review it in order that I do my best, certainly the students can't expect to do less and still do well in the course."

An economics professor concurs, saying, "If I work hard preparing and am excited about the course, then students will be too."

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