Get to know students personally

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A key aspect in creating an inclusive classroom is providing opportunities to get to know students on a personal level. By providing accessibility, students become more comfortable in interacting with their instructor, and instructors can begin to understand how they are perceived by their students, as well as how to meet students needs through differentiated instruction.

A way in which instructors can begin to get to know students individually is by correctly pronouncing students names. Often times instructors will repeatedly pronounce students names incorrectly without realizing the impact upon the student. A name tends to have cultural and emotional significance to an individual, and in order to create an inclusive classroom environment, each student's name should be pronounced correctly.

Instructors should also encourage students to meet with them during office hours. Office hours provide instructors the opportunity to not only learn students needs, but it also allows them to make sure underrepresented students are comfortable in the classroom. Instructors will complain stating that when office hours are available students tend not to come. There are a number of strategies in which instructors can increase the number of students attending office hours, and