When I teach class, I often will cover two or three topics/techniques or concepts. In other words, I am blitz teaching. The idea is that the students will have sufficient time to practice each technique or concept. 

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However, I occasionally blitz them with tons of material in a class. The purpose of this approach is to ascertain what material students are struggling with and use this as a basis for the next few classes. There is often a common theme that emerges during the class, which might form the basis for several classes.

Sometimes, only a portion of the class struggles with a concept, while others do fine. In this case, this might call for a breakout group type of class.

So, this is a great way to zero in on the students’ weaknesses and shore them up with extra practice, not to mention a change of pace for my students.

For example, I did a blitz session a couple of months ago, and the students did well with most of the material I threw out. However, their basic palis palis technique was……off. The footwork wasn’t quite right, and most students struggled. That formed the basis for subsequent classes. Not only did I teach the basic palis palis movement but a few simple techniques off this concept as well. This way, they practiced the basic move multiple times. Two-step footwork was particularly emphasized in these classes.

I often blitz teach in the context of upcoming testing/grading to see what the students need to work on. It’s a nice way to narrow the teaching focus on areas I’ve identified through blitz teaching.

I use this teaching method only occasionally and, as indicated above, in the context of an upcoming grading/testing. That said, I find this a useful teaching tool.

Over to the instructors: do you use this teaching method occasionally?

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