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Allow the student to have "hands-on" experiences in the classroom.
Hi Julie- Thanks for your post to the forum. I remember dissecting a fetal pig when I was in honors biology. I agree - it was so beneficial to learning Anatomy! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
When I previously taught taught Anatomy & Physiology I was able to use a dissection lab with a fetal pig. Kinesthetic learners found the "hands on" lab very helpful.
Hi Anthony - Thanks for your post to the forum which mentions a good point - when students take notes it increases their retention of the concepts. One suggestion though is to give students some effective note taking tips. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I teach hands on and have lecture as well. Most of the students learn hands on so while lecturing during my demo- I tell stories that help to reenforce what is seen to help remind them or use key phrases as well to remember for using in exams as well as preparing desserts and "projects".
In our school (Culinary) Kinesthetic learning is an absolute must. While lectures are part of the overall daily scheme of things the major involvement will be the hands-on duplication of effort being the cooking demo. Repetitive acknownledgement and successful cooking results indicate that your approach was understood.
Actual demonstrations done by the instructor gets good results, but student still needs to take notes, in most cases in order to be successful. I stress that everyday with my students.
I would think that giving a lecture with visual aides then haveing the students perform the work to reinforce what they learned would work good.
Youtube is a great tool to use, especially for Psycholkogy as there is a ton of interesting, informative, and entertaining videos available that I use to supplement some of my topics. They are also on a public website which removes worry of copyright problems.
Hi Ken - Thanks for your post to the forum. We also have MILO and our students love it! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Hi Jon - Loved your post about moving around in the classroom! At my college we have new instructors take a seminar called "Burn the Podium" which also shows them how to move around their classroom. Susan
Hi Jon - Do you use any videos in your class? There are tons of them on You Tube and even by Googling that would give you some great visual content. How about having your students conduct a survey of some sort asking fellow students etc. questions abour some issues? Susan
I agree with this but in my case, teaching psychology, there is little I can do other than lecture. I find that by bringing my own excitement and energy for the subject to the classroom it makes the lectures more interesting. I have an interesting subject, in my opinion, to teach though. I don't know how it would be for something less interesting.
One thing I do, which is really simple, is that I push the chair out of the way when I start a class and I don';t sit for the entire class. As I lecture I walk around. This forces students to require movement when they pay attention. They are forced to look in different places in the front of the rooom to find me. It sounds too simle but it uses movement to enhance attention. It also helps me to keep a high energy level in the classrom. My movement and energy creates energy with my students.
Use of the MILO Machine in Law Enforcement, not only are they moving, they are using their sight, hearing, and thinking on the move. Make it as realistic as possible.
Since I teach surgical technology we use alot of hands on types of lessons for all my students. But I encourage touching items as well as getting up and doing games such as scavinger hunts. When teaching surgical instrumentation to renforce why you would use a specific instrument for a specific part of the surgery, I give them a food product and some type of utensil to eat the food with that isn't compatable with the food. An example would be giving pudding and having them eat it with a knife, while it can be done it isn't easy!
During my lecture/demonstration period I will ask a kinesthetic learner to be my helping hand for the duration. I can explain our cooking method, the student can then help me work through the practice of the cooking method.
Hi Howard- Thanks for your post to the forum. I think that teaching to the kinesthetic style may be the most challenging because we need to come up with all sorts of "hands-on" activities. I also find this the most fun! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Hi Chris - Thanks for sharing some innovative ideas for teaching kinesthetic learners! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
