Students are still encouraged to help each other. Facial expressions can easily be read to tell who is having trouble and needs assistance. Students are forced to progress at about the same pace through the material. If a student is having trouble with a particular concept, the page of the text can be marked and the student can come back to that page after the formal class ends or as a homework review. All testing is done at the same time.
Tests usually consist of both objective and practical parts.
If several pages of printing is expected, some students are instructed to start with the practical part, which usually needs to be printed, and others start with the objective part which is usually handwritten. This seems to shorten the amount of time students spend in the print queue. In all cases, students are encouraged to use the 'Print Preview' feature of the software packages before making hard copies. Summary Aligning computers in rows facing the front of the room allows for greater instructional impact. Students do not need to physically turn toward the instructor to receive instruction.