An Evalution on American Teaching Style in Latvian Universities’Classrooms

Year 2016, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 12 - 14, 01.06.2016

Michael A. Radin

Abstract

The first problem that arose in my freshman (first year) courses that I have taught at the University of Rhode Island and at the Rochester Institute of Technology: student attendance and the percent of students who performed poorly. Now the question to ask: how to start correcting the problem? Try to implement new ideas as active class engagement and creating a hands-on atmosphere in each course vs. a theoretical course (practice makes perfect). How successfully were these ideas implemented in my classrooms in the American universities and furthermore, how successfully will these ideas work in classrooms of Latvian universities?

Keywords

Evaluation, Teaching style, Latvian universities

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