Q: Have you ever had a test which was way too easy to fail or a final which was almost exclusively material covered in the last three days of class, rather than material covered over the whole semester? These experiences will help you understand why it's important to balance your tests. Draw material as is appropriate for the significance of the test and weight it such that it will not make or break a student's grade. Not everyone tests well. Standard tests can be a very inaccurate method of gauging student's mastery of the material. Very intelligent, successful students can be terrible at taking tests and students who otherwise absorb material very poorly can be excellent test takers. Devise alternative methods which do not put so much pressure on students to succeed in very specific ways. Consider educative evaluation, rather than auditive. Ask your students to devise a real world scenario in which they would use the skills they've learned and ask them to write a paper or prepare a presentation explaining how they would handle the situation. This reinforces their skills and gives them the opportunity to show that they not only understood the material itself but that they also understood the significance. Public speaking is an important skill, to be sure. However, not everyone learns this by being put on the spot. Work your students up to full-class presentations in order to not only evaluate the extent to which they've learned the material but also give them the ability to learn valuable public speaking skills. Once they've mastered these easier presentations, you can have full class presentations and see how they fare. You can have students give a presentation, individually, to just you, one by one while others are working on a written assignment that they can do without much help other than an introduction and example. This presentation can be conducted like an interview. Prompting will make them less self-conscious, which should allow them to build presentation skills much more efficiently than immersion into a comprehensive report. It will also give you the opportunity to ask key questions to gauge how well they've organized their understandings and learned to apply the material. You can also have them give presentations to their peers, later in the course. They can go one-on-one with peers, as they just did with you, or you can have them go in front of a small panel of their peers, in an organized group process. Have the class students come up with a list of questions beforehand, which will also serve as a learning experience and way for them to demonstrate that they understand the material and evaluate fellow students presentations.
A: Construct well balanced tests. Consider alternatives to standard tests. Put a spin on presentations.

Q: In this day and age, having an antivirus program is essential to protect your computer against online threats. You should only have ONE antivirus program installed at a time, as having more than one can cause conflicts and errors. Click here for detailed instructions on installing an antivirus program. Besides an antivirus, you should really have a couple different antimalware programs on hand to scan for malware and adware. These are malicious programs that aren't as serious as viruses, but can be significant personal security risks and can also slow your system down. Some of the most popular programs includes Malwarebytes' Antimalware, Spybot Search & Destroy, Adwcleaner, and Lavasoft Ad-Aware. Unlike antivirus programs, you can and should have multiple antimalware programs installed. Safe Mode boots Windows with only the essential system files, which can help find and remove more viruses and malware. To boot into Safe Mode, restart your computer and hit F8 before Windows loads. Select "Safe Mode" from the Advanced Startup menu. Click here for more detailed instructions. Allow your computer to complete a full virus scan while in Safe Mode. Quarantine or delete any infected files that are found. Run through each of your antimalware programs, allowing each one to perform a complete scan. Remove or quarantine any infected files that each scan finds.
A: Install an antivirus program (if you don't already have one). Download and install a few anti-malware programs. Reboot into Safe Mode. Run your antivirus scanner. Run each of your malware scanners.

Q: Studies show that brushing can prevent gingivitis. Effective brushing should not only reach in between teeth to remove plaque, but also massage the gums to stimulate micro-circulation in that area. The best technique for brushing your teeth is the modified Bass Method. Orient your brush in such a way that its head is tilted at a 45-degree angle towards the gum line. This allows the bristles to clean 1 mm below the gum line. Use small, vibratory, circular strokes to remove plaque. After about 20 strokes, do a sweeping motion towards the biting surface of your teeth. For the biting surfaces, do a back and forth brushing stroke. Repeat these steps for all of your teeth. Flossing helps to remove plaque along the margins of your gums. This saves the gums from getting irritated by bacteria present in plaque. Floss first, since flossing brings the plaque stuck between the teeth out, and then you brush it away. Get an elbow length piece of dental floss and wrap each end around your middle fingers. Leave at least an inch of floss between your fingers to work with. With the help of your index finger, gently slide the floss in between your teeth, starting at the back. Allow the floss to hug the surface of your tooth and gently slide down to the gum line. Then, drag the floss against the surface of your tooth. Do not force the floss in between your teeth as this could damage your gums and cause bleeding. Repeat the same steps between all of your teeth. Dissolve 9 teaspoons of salt in three cups of warm water. Rinse for 30 seconds, then spit out. Do this twice a day. Rinsing with salt water is an effective way to reduce the bacteria in your mouth. The bacteria present in plaque causes irritation of your gums. Salt rinses create a diffusion gradient inside the mouth. This means that it causes the bacteria to become dehydrated and die. Those that smoke are more likely to get gum disease, as smoking is very hard on the gums and bone, causing bone loss, which subsequently is more difficult to keep clean. The habit can give you a variety of gum problems, including sensitive gums, bleeding gums, or painful sores on the gums.
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Brush your teeth at least twice a day. Floss before brushing. Use saline rinses. Quit smoking.