I can't believe how much I talked last night. Group activities did take up about 45 minutes, but I went almost the entire four hours. I went over two hours and then remembered they might need a break. I was ready to keep going, man! Time flies when you're passionate about financial statements. I did get them a little confused when I kept referring to stockholder's equity as retained earnings. In my work, I don't deal with stockholder's much, so the terms are equivalent. But they're not, and I confused them. I'll have to watch my terminology.
I was wiped when I got home. Sore throat and slept like a log. One down, fourteen to go.
posted by Amanda @ 8:43 AM
4 Antiphon:
Every Fall I go through the same thing. My voice becomes hoarse after a summer of not using it.
I know it seems fast to you, but for some of your students the time just seems to drag on and on. You might want to think about "chuckiness". Do 60 minutes break for 5 or 10 minutes. Since most adults have an attention span of 50 to 55 minutes. Beyond that and things start to get fuzzy and they don't learn as much.
I try to break up the time with group activities - like lecture/examples for 45 minutes, then a do-it-yourself activity for 10, then more lecture, then another activity, etc. Do you think that group activity is as good a break, attention span-wise? I haven't done that many breaks before, but I'm definitely willing to listen to the voice of experience. :)
Yeah, I use activities to break up time. My rough rule is no more than 40ish min talking, group work, break (at about 1 - 1.25hrs).
I am glad i teach tkd and not something I have to lecture about!
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