1. Know your students’ names and use their names as often as possible.
2. Plan for every class; never try to wing it.
3. Pay attention to the strengths and limitations of each of your students. Reward their strengths and strengthen their weaknesses.
4. If possible, set your room in a U-shape to encourage interaction among students.
5. Vary your instructional strategies; use lectures, demonstrations, discussions, case studies, groups, and more.
6. Review the learning objectives with your students. Be sure students know what they are expected to learn, do, know, etc.
7. Move around the room as you teach.
8. Make your classes relevant. Be sure students see how the content relates to them and the world around them.
9. Be expressive. Smile.
10. Put some excitement into your speech; vary your pitch, volume and rate.
11. Give lots of examples.
12. Encourage students to share their ideas and comments, even if they are incorrect. You’ll never know what students don’t understand unless you ask them.
13. Maintain eye contact and move toward your students as you interact with them. Nod your head to show that you are listening to them.
14. Provide opportunities for students to speak to the class.
15. Be available before class starts, during break, and after class to visit with students.
16. Return assignments and tests to students as soon as reasonably possible. Provide constructive feedback.
17. Be consistent in your treatment of students.
18. Make sure that your exams are current, valid, and reliable. Tie your assessment to your course objectives.
19. Plan around 15-20 minute cycles. Students have difficulty maintaining attention after a longer period of time.
20. Involve your students in your teaching. Ask for feedback.

Research Topics for Students:

1. Animals
2. American History
3. Atoms
4. Bats 
5. Cells 
6. Chemistry
7. Chickens
8. Civilizations
9. Civil War
10. Colonial Times
11. Deserts
12. Dinosaurs
13. Earthquakes          
14. Economics
15. Electricity
16. Famous Authors
17. Food History
18. Holidays     
19. Immigration Light
20. Lobsters     
21. Magazines
22. Magnets
23. Math           
24. The Moon
25. Native Americans
26. New Hampshire  
27. Oceanography
28. Planets
29. Plants          
30. Revolutionary War
31. Rocks and Minerals
32. Science       
33. Simple Machines
34. Space
35. US Geography      
36. Time
37. Volcanoes
38. Weather     
39. Wetlands  
40. Whales
41. How Education system is killing creativity
42. Popular culture
43. Democracy and freedom of expression
44. Political communication
45. Introduction to bioengineering techniques in animals and plants
46. Development of an Information Retrieval System based on an Artificial Neural Network Model with Python Programming Language
47. Thermal-Hydraulic Experiments and Simulations for Nuclear Applications
48. Multidisciplinary innovation course
49. Reader-response methods
50. Classroom Environment
51. Phonics
52. Peer Interaction
53. Student Mentoring
54. Concept Mapping
55. Addressing Plagiarism
56. Lesson Planning
57. Schema Theory
58. Classroom Management
59. Reflective Teaching
60. Differentiated Instruction
61. Multiage Classrooms
62. Team Teaching
63. Self-Directed Learning
64. Cooperative learning
65. Socratic Method, The Whole Language
66. Contract Learning
67. Modeling
68. Process Writing
69. Direct Instruction
70. Metacognition
71. Artificial Intelligence in Schools
72. Technology Access Gap
73. Integrated Learning Systems
74. Computer Assisted Instruction
75. Web-based Instruction
76. STEM fields & STEM Education
77. Educational Software
78. Virtual Learning in the Public Schools
79. Hypermedia in Education
80. Intelligent Tutoring Systems
81. Computers in the Classroom
82. Anchored Instruction
83. Free & Open Source Software in Education
84. Assistive Technology in Education
85. Image processing, machine learning, and mobile computing for climate, agriculture, and biodiversity
86. Standard Temperature and Pressure
87. Solids, Liquids, and Gases
88. Protons and Neutrons
89. Strong and Weak Acids and Basics
90. Critical Thinking Study Guide
91. Is criminal behavior biologically determined
92. Home-schooling
93. Is there a cancer epidemic due to industrial chemicals in the environment?
94. Global warming
95. Student Peer Evaluation
96. Formative & Summative Assessment
97. Rubrics
98. Achievement Tests
99. Norm-referenced testing