Question 1: What do you think the phrase "Just-in-Time" means in this context? (Betty) Providing students with the information/practice/help they need when they need it... (Gary Dolph) 1. Giving the students material they feel is relevant and 2. getting ready right before class. (Quickdraw) Not being totally prepared and in control when you walk into class.... (D. Reid) Synchronizing teaching and learning behavior (Joan Lafuze) Meeting the students' learning where the student is. (Julie Freeman) Review Student's homework before each class and adjust your teaching for that class based on students' responses to the homework. Question 2: What do you think are the biggest barriers to students' learning? (Many) Fear, lack of engagement, lack of curiosity, poor teaching, expecting to be "spoon fed", poor preparation in K-12, distractions and time pressure, poor study skills, inability to see the relevance of the subject. Question 3: Do you think it is important for students to discuss your subject with one another? Why? (Jay Howard) Reinforces learning. Allows students to learn from each other. (EF) We learn alot by talking to others and many of us don't know what we know until we have talked about it, i.e., thinking out loud. (Randy Isaacson) When students begin to internalize and apply wht they are learning it becomes real... (The Cheerful Diaper Changer)It is yet another way to learn the material. It stimulates another part of the brain. (Stacy Morrone) They learn as much (or more) from listening to one another!...w (Anne Brown) Peer discussion inevitably leads to cognitive conflict, and effort to re-establish equilibrium, and hence learning. Besides, it's more fun!