Suggestions Suggestion 53. Using dramatic pauses and repetition to draw students' attention to the main ideas.
Dramatic pauses are another way to highlight important ideas.
Then I pause again to be sure they are prepared to write it down. If not, I restate the importance of what is to follow. A sociology professor also uses dramatic pauses and a sense of timing to stress the most important points in his lectures. Then I announce it in a sweeping manner, timed to occur at the end of the class period.