Robinow focuses on learning not only as a measure of student performance, but also a measure of his own performance. Rather than using the traditional lecture mode, he uses Socratic methods to encourage students to participate in the learning process. He introduced personal response systems into the classroom to allow students to answer multiple-choice questions. He holds weekly "boot camps" for students who know they will have difficulty in his larger classes. A student wrote, "An excellent teacher is one that loves his work. This is Dr. Robinow."