My teaching style varies with student need, trying to meet individuals where they are and appreciating the barriers they may face.

Putting it perhaps too coarsely, I will have a rough impression of a student as either “capable” or “not capable”, cautiously using these words as a catch-all for knowledge, skills, and personal engagement with the course materials. At the same time, students have their own views on whether they are or are not “capable.” Teaching is an ongoing conversation that informs and clarifies these perceptions, and on my behalf also involves adopting an appropriate style for each of the four possible situations in this rubric.

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