Encourage them to ask you questions, and to question your advice. The limitations to knowledge. It may be helpful to address questions to students individually in turn. Do not hesitate to give some formal teaching on a topic if you think it will help th em understand part of the course, but keep strict limits on this approach, since understanding the lectures and practicals is the essential part of the work. Students will not remember all points raised in discussion without help.
Students often feel overwhelmed by the mass of detail.
Help them to distinguish the basic structure from the examples. They may be able to understand the theory presented, and give the arguments for it, with fewer examples than the lecturer gives. Questions for supervisors and lecturers Do not hesitate to tell students if you cannot answer a question. If you say that you will find out the answer, make a note, so that you do so, and be sure to raise the subject at the next supervision, as students will seldom remember to ask the quest ion again. You may wish to ask the lecturer if questions arise out of statements or handouts from lectures.