Teaching Remedial Courses: Challenges and Teaching Philosophy
Saadia Khouyibaba · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences · 2015
Students entering the university come from different backgrounds and have different problems. There are those who have never been taught how to face challenges; those who only know how to follow algorithms or even formulas to solve problems, never questioning why this method or algorithm works; those who do not know how to study or how to be more efficient; those who completely depend on the help of tutoring services; those who are completely unable to do any math work without the aid of a calculator; and those who simply lack self-confidence. In my presentation, I highlight some of these problems with possible solutions to deal with and give an overview of the principals of my teaching philosophy.