Suggestion 36. Teach the same course in a subsequent semester

IF YOU WANT TO:

• Be well-prepared

• Profit from your own mistakes

Teaching the same course in a subsequent semester.

One chemistry professor frequently teaches the same course "back to back" in two consecutive terms. "This way I can maximize learning from mistakes I have made," he explains.

"I make notes to myself about what went well in the course and what didn't as it goes along," he says. "For example, I might make a note saying, `Don't forget to emphasize this point before that point.' Executing these suggestions to myself the very next semester reinforces my own learning."

Limitations on Use of Suggestion

  Discipline:  Courses offered every term.
Course Level:  None
 Course Size:  None
        Mode:  None

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