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drug abuse sexual harassment as sault depression eating disorders and abusive relationships the program arose out of the real ization that there was a need for this type of in-depth training not only for students living in the residence halls but for students living in the fraterni ties and sororities as well bob robeson assistant dean for greek affairs and advisor of the pro gram said what these peer educa tors are there to do is to help their fellow brothers and sisters if they have some kind of problem other situations the greek peer educators deal with are aids and other sexually transmitted diseases dysfunctional families multi-from please see faculty page 6 students may not realize it but the frustra tion of teaching is unbe lievable keith schray professor of chemistry mat ion felder said they do this either through active or reflective learning finally students understand mate rial through sequential or global learn ing sequential learning involves logi cally connecting pieces together and global learning involves connecting everything as a whole after going through each style separately and analyzing every pos sible scenario felder discussed the many problems students all have by discussing the conse quences of learning and teaching style mismatches felder said it is obvious to teachers that many students can not understand what is being taught they may become bored inattentive or disruptive in class students will end up doing poorly on tests they may get discour "" aged about the course the curricu lum orthemselves . students may even tually change to another curriculum or drop out of school professors who observe low test grades unresponsive or hostile classes poor attendance and dropouts must know something is wrong felder said unfortunately they may become de fensive and hostile which would make the situation even worse professors may even question if they are in the right profession felder offered the faculty some recommendations to helpease the pres sures of teacher-student relationships he suggested establishing relevance and providing applications for all course material this would help out sensing inductive and global learn ers felder said by annabel lukins news writer between their preferred learning styles and the instructor's preferred teaching style when there are serious mis matches students do poorly and get discouraged instructors become frus trated by low-class performance and poor evaluations and society may lose some potentially excellent pro fessionals faculty examines teaching skills dr richard m felder professor of chemical engineering at north carolina state university gives a teleconference exploring how students learn e very teacher s ultimate dream is that as soon as they put information on the board students will immedi ately interpret it and have it fixated into their minds well surprisingly enough that's not the way it works dr richard m felder professor of chemical engineering at north carolina state university gave a tele conference tuesday in maginnes world view room for faculty to explore the phenomenon of how students learn how teachers teach and what usually goes wrong with the process the lecture was based on a model of dimensions of learning and teach ing styles that felder explained throughout the pie-taped video the audience participated during the lecture by choosing what kind of learning style best described them felder began by presenting three facts of life the first fact is that what students learn in class is much less than what is taught secondly how much a student learns is determined by native abil ity background and the match be tween the student's learning style and the teaching style finally felder said that instruc tors can't do anything about the student's native ability background or learning style the conclusion is that the only thing teachers can work with in their efforts to maximize student learning is their teaching style felder said how much students learn in class depends on the match students may not realize it but the frustration of teaching is unbe lievable keith j schray professor of chemistry said giving exams that students get crushed on is so depressing in order to help ease this frustra tion felder presented five different kinds of learning style categories that students fall into the first is percep tion and whether students interpret information through sensory or in tuitive styles the second style of learning is input this involves whether students interpret information through visual or verbal styles organization is the third style students learn either through induc tive or deductive reasoning the fourth style category deals with the way students process infor lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 the brown and white friday february 18 1994 vol 101 no 30 graduate student missing since last semester all the lehigh news first by lori a montemurro managing editor a male graduate student in electrical engineering has been missing since dec 20 1993 when he walked out of a final exam turning in an incomplete test remesh warrier 24 a native of india was last seen leaving packard laboratory at 5:45 pan and was reported to have been despondent he is believed to have made a transaction at the lehigh bookstore mac machine at 6 p.m warner's roommate called the police on dec 21 to report warrier missing when he realized he did not come home the night before the bethlehem police contacted local hospitals hotels friends the bus station and car rental agencies and checked bank and telephone records as part of the search for warrier john smeaton dean of students said i believe the bethlehem police have done a very thorough job and a complete investigation smeaton said although the police are searching the situation is difficult the leads have turned nothing up smeaton said pholo courtesy of isa ramesh warrier 24 has been missing since december 20 and that is really frustrating for all of us in an effort to aid the police investigation by reaching the lehigh and surrounding communities members of the indian student association have published advertise ments in the morning call newspaper and lehighweek with warner's picture and description anand ramesh member of the isa and a graduate student in computer science is in charge distributing warner's picture and information the isa plans to put posters up in the community with warner's picture on them it's a shot in the dark ramesh said but we have to try the indian community the is a andlehigh are fronting the cost of the posters and the ads smeaton said students need to be sensitive to the indian students on campus and hope for the best warrier was last seen wearing a waist-length coat and light colored trousers anyone with any information about the disappearance or worrier's current whereabouts is asked to contact will iam cooke jr investigator from the bethlehem police at 610-865-7162 or 865-7187 greek peer education group helps members overcome problems by peter sorkin news writer the greek peer educator pro gram continues its second semes ter assisting students in the greek system who may have trouble balancing their academic and so cial lives implemented by the greek af fairs office the peer educator pro gram involves one volunteer from each greek organization who re ceives training similar to that of a gryphon in order to help ease the pressures many greek members might encounter with the exception of disci plinary duties these volunteers are trained to recognize such prob lems related to alcohol and other please see greek page 6
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FullText | drug abuse sexual harassment as sault depression eating disorders and abusive relationships the program arose out of the real ization that there was a need for this type of in-depth training not only for students living in the residence halls but for students living in the fraterni ties and sororities as well bob robeson assistant dean for greek affairs and advisor of the pro gram said what these peer educa tors are there to do is to help their fellow brothers and sisters if they have some kind of problem other situations the greek peer educators deal with are aids and other sexually transmitted diseases dysfunctional families multi-from please see faculty page 6 students may not realize it but the frustra tion of teaching is unbe lievable keith schray professor of chemistry mat ion felder said they do this either through active or reflective learning finally students understand mate rial through sequential or global learn ing sequential learning involves logi cally connecting pieces together and global learning involves connecting everything as a whole after going through each style separately and analyzing every pos sible scenario felder discussed the many problems students all have by discussing the conse quences of learning and teaching style mismatches felder said it is obvious to teachers that many students can not understand what is being taught they may become bored inattentive or disruptive in class students will end up doing poorly on tests they may get discour "" aged about the course the curricu lum orthemselves . students may even tually change to another curriculum or drop out of school professors who observe low test grades unresponsive or hostile classes poor attendance and dropouts must know something is wrong felder said unfortunately they may become de fensive and hostile which would make the situation even worse professors may even question if they are in the right profession felder offered the faculty some recommendations to helpease the pres sures of teacher-student relationships he suggested establishing relevance and providing applications for all course material this would help out sensing inductive and global learn ers felder said by annabel lukins news writer between their preferred learning styles and the instructor's preferred teaching style when there are serious mis matches students do poorly and get discouraged instructors become frus trated by low-class performance and poor evaluations and society may lose some potentially excellent pro fessionals faculty examines teaching skills dr richard m felder professor of chemical engineering at north carolina state university gives a teleconference exploring how students learn e very teacher s ultimate dream is that as soon as they put information on the board students will immedi ately interpret it and have it fixated into their minds well surprisingly enough that's not the way it works dr richard m felder professor of chemical engineering at north carolina state university gave a tele conference tuesday in maginnes world view room for faculty to explore the phenomenon of how students learn how teachers teach and what usually goes wrong with the process the lecture was based on a model of dimensions of learning and teach ing styles that felder explained throughout the pie-taped video the audience participated during the lecture by choosing what kind of learning style best described them felder began by presenting three facts of life the first fact is that what students learn in class is much less than what is taught secondly how much a student learns is determined by native abil ity background and the match be tween the student's learning style and the teaching style finally felder said that instruc tors can't do anything about the student's native ability background or learning style the conclusion is that the only thing teachers can work with in their efforts to maximize student learning is their teaching style felder said how much students learn in class depends on the match students may not realize it but the frustration of teaching is unbe lievable keith j schray professor of chemistry said giving exams that students get crushed on is so depressing in order to help ease this frustra tion felder presented five different kinds of learning style categories that students fall into the first is percep tion and whether students interpret information through sensory or in tuitive styles the second style of learning is input this involves whether students interpret information through visual or verbal styles organization is the third style students learn either through induc tive or deductive reasoning the fourth style category deals with the way students process infor lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 the brown and white friday february 18 1994 vol 101 no 30 graduate student missing since last semester all the lehigh news first by lori a montemurro managing editor a male graduate student in electrical engineering has been missing since dec 20 1993 when he walked out of a final exam turning in an incomplete test remesh warrier 24 a native of india was last seen leaving packard laboratory at 5:45 pan and was reported to have been despondent he is believed to have made a transaction at the lehigh bookstore mac machine at 6 p.m warner's roommate called the police on dec 21 to report warrier missing when he realized he did not come home the night before the bethlehem police contacted local hospitals hotels friends the bus station and car rental agencies and checked bank and telephone records as part of the search for warrier john smeaton dean of students said i believe the bethlehem police have done a very thorough job and a complete investigation smeaton said although the police are searching the situation is difficult the leads have turned nothing up smeaton said pholo courtesy of isa ramesh warrier 24 has been missing since december 20 and that is really frustrating for all of us in an effort to aid the police investigation by reaching the lehigh and surrounding communities members of the indian student association have published advertise ments in the morning call newspaper and lehighweek with warner's picture and description anand ramesh member of the isa and a graduate student in computer science is in charge distributing warner's picture and information the isa plans to put posters up in the community with warner's picture on them it's a shot in the dark ramesh said but we have to try the indian community the is a andlehigh are fronting the cost of the posters and the ads smeaton said students need to be sensitive to the indian students on campus and hope for the best warrier was last seen wearing a waist-length coat and light colored trousers anyone with any information about the disappearance or worrier's current whereabouts is asked to contact will iam cooke jr investigator from the bethlehem police at 610-865-7162 or 865-7187 greek peer education group helps members overcome problems by peter sorkin news writer the greek peer educator pro gram continues its second semes ter assisting students in the greek system who may have trouble balancing their academic and so cial lives implemented by the greek af fairs office the peer educator pro gram involves one volunteer from each greek organization who re ceives training similar to that of a gryphon in order to help ease the pressures many greek members might encounter with the exception of disci plinary duties these volunteers are trained to recognize such prob lems related to alcohol and other please see greek page 6 |
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