Feb. 22nd – Review Session
My review session was held at Alumni room A, and there were 31 students who attended the review session and 2 students attended Karlie’s review session by accident. (Karlie and I think that same letter ‘K’ for our names and same letter ‘A’ for the rooms might have affected the students’ memory.) The review session lasted for around 45-50 minutes.
Overall, the review session went well for me. I had no problems with computer or students in terms of participation. I came in the room 20 minutes before the review session, and waited for the students to come in. I said hi to some of the students who came in earlier and talked with them for a little. I passed around the attendance sheet around 11am, and I had them read their notes before I started the review session. I had them stand up and say the pledge, and went over the slides. Everyone shouted their answers, either right or wrong, and I told them the actual answer. I was happy that I did not have to “candy fish” people to answer the questions; everyone participated during the session without me begging them to say something. Around 35 minutes past, Dr. Gurung came in and took some questions that students had. Those questions were related to Mastery Quiz.
Things that did not go well:
- Sarah’s computer was not set up by the Tech workers because they thought Alumni room A &B were together as one set of an event. Sarah needed to readjust to the circumstance, and she needed to use my computer and flash drive because Alumni room B did not have an internet access in the room. It did not affect my review session much and I was willing to help her out; however, I wish it did not happen because it would have been less stressful for everyone and it would have went more smoothly.
- Another thing that did not go well or things that I wish it did not happen would be that students chatting during the review session. There were 2-3 students who were kind of talking to each other and laughing about something. I asked them if they are doing alright, and they told me they are doing fine. I continued the review session, but they still kept talking time to time. Even though I was bothered a little, I ignored it since nobody else was distracted during the review session.
Things that I would do differently:
- I would slow down a little more and ask them why the other answers were different. I should make them think more even when the correct answer is told.
- Also, I noticed that I should have mentioned about the sign-up sheet at the end of the session because I missed one male student’s name. He came to the session late and he did not have a chance to sign up.