I'm with you. I teach dental hygiene. All senses are utilized in this field, especially the tactile senses. Our students tend to be visual learners.
By Eddy Mojena
To help them beware of them by understanding them on how they can have a positive effect in their personal and professional life.
Kyle,
I agree. In short, whenever we can involve the student actively, they'll retain more. Easily said, more difficult to attain, but very doable.
Barry Westling
Vary our medium by incorporating other senses like Smell/Touch/Taste. Even something as easy as increasing the number of slides in a power point will give cues to stay focused on the material. Hands On Learning will stay with the student longer. I.e. Lecture, demonstration, then time for the student to practice themselves. But a balance will have to be maintained.
Samuel,
In general, the more senses we can involve, the better retention of information and ultimately improved student outcomes. It does take some thinking about appropriate ways to integrate senses into delivery and study practices for students. Creative methods will emerge when serious thought is put into waht might work in our individual classes.
Barry Westling
I was surprised in this course at the graphic that showed how much we rely on sight and sound to obtain information, but how quickly we lose what was gotten through those senses. I typically use about 50/50 bookwork to hands-on technique in the classroom. I may re-think that approach to include even more of the senses.
Angela,
Great. Application and incorporation of sensory learning is best when coupled with with cognitive, theory-oriented material.
Barry Westling
I have been a Registered Nurse for over 13 years, and never considered how beneficial tactile learning could be. This module was very helpful in assisting me to plan how to incorporate the lab portion IN WITH the theory instead of having them only separate. Thank you!
Leon,
Multiple senses in the learning process are wonderful for reinforcing ideas and material necessary for success in the course.
Barry Westling
Try this other sense: gut response or reaction to solving a problem.
Then follow up with a reasoned and logical response (Business ethics a good subject for this).
Other subjects like Marketing appropriate for Visuals.
Leon Guendoo
Sandhya,
There's a saying: "see one, do one, teach one". It suggests that visual and kinesthetic presentation promotes learning to the degree that allows return demonstration, i.e., instruction to others. And mastery of a task is best confirmed by teaching others. It's also a way for the student to determine at what level their own level of mastery is. If they hit a roadblock, they've just identified where a little work or practice is needed.
Barry Westling
I find that one of the best strategies in helping students to learn is to use multiple senses in learning: combine visual and hearing with a demonstration that involves tactile sense. For example, the task of assembling an anesthetic syringe with a needle and carpule of anesthetic can be approached by using a power point presentation that shows an illustration of the components involved and their functions stated succinctly. This is then followed by a demonstration and ends with the student doing the task by them self.
Michelle,
Skill performance is the "cognitive applied". Practical application along with critical thinking makes for real world successfulness in most careers.
Barry Westling
Holly,
Great. The more senses involved in the instructional process, the better will be the retention of key information. We tend to rely on visual senses, and thats OK, as a "mental vision" is something worthwhile. But addig amplifies the memory and recall, and helps solidify material into longterm memory.
Barry Westling
I like hands on teaching, especially with massage but I also use visual aids such as power points and videos..I may also have a guest speaker come in as well.
Vary the medium of your instruction and employ learning tasks that incorporate as many senses as possible. I teach physical therapy to PTAs. Our field requires the use of all senses, especially observation(sight), listening (hearing), and tactile (touch) skills.
Connie,
This sounds like a great way to depend on non-visual senses. Of course, the more senses we can involve in our lessons the better the retention will be. Making activities instructional and interesting makes learning fun. Sounds like you've got some great ways to achieve that.
Barry Westling
When teaching anatomy, we palpate, then draw and towards the end, blindfold the students. this allows them to picture what they have done in the past and visualize while they palpate.
I frequently ask the students to visualize the body without skin.
They really enjoy the blindfold and seem to "put things together"
Yoon Sik,
Right. Most people depend on visual sense, so whenever we can introduce other senses, that can only help. Hands on labs and demonstrations are good for integrating mutiple senses into the learning process.
Barry Westling
Given how using "sight" is one of the most important aspect in processing information, I use visuals and graphics in my presentation.
Dr. Kim
