ABSTRACT
IT‘S THE FIRST DAY of the semester, and students anxiously await meeting you and the other students, and learning about the course. They probably ask themselves, Who is the instructor? What kind of experience will this be? Will the classroom atmosphere be cool or warm? What kind of workload will the course demand? What will be expected of us? Some students enter your course with confidence, whereas others may enter with doubts about their ability to succeed. But in all cases, their first encounter with your course and the answers to some of their questions are in your course syllabus.
