CREATING INDEPENDENT STUDENTS

Creating independent students is not an easy task. To achieve such goal, we need to have clear that our students will be independent after having been guided by teachers who give their students certain tools that will help students create independence.

The first tool is to assigned students homework that must trigger their critical and analytical thinking.

The second tool is to teach students techniques that help them do preparatory reading. This is extremely useful when students have lecture classes; lecture classes often require students to read a considerable amount of information, so teachers can have active students who are not simple receivers of knowledge.

Finally, teaching students how to research is an indispensable tool that teachers must provide to students if teachers want students to be able to do homework assignments effectively.

To create independent students should be a goal all teachers should have in order to have excellent students.