Hi Steven - Thanks for your post to the forum - that was a really good suggestion! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Kinesthetic learners crave movement and touch. I make the learning more enjoyable for these students in my writing class by seeking their help in handing out materials and performing tasks that allow them to move and touch. They are much happier when they can contribute to the class in the way they prefer.
Hi Amanda- Thanks for your post to the forum! What you describe is often called "Teaching Back" and is an excellent technique to increase retention and to also assess your students' skills. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career! Susan
I teach Surgery and Anesthesiology in a Vet Tech Program so hands on learning is very important. The students have to actually perform the anesthetic protocols and surgical care of their patients and love doing it. I have gotten a lot of feed back from the students and they feel it is one of the classes they learned the most from due to all of the hands on learning. Before they even begin with animal surgeries I have the students teach another class of students how to aseptically scrub by actually having the other students do it. The Surgical Assisting students talk the others through the process. This really reinforces what we have talked about in class and they feel like they accomplished something after they are done as well as have fun while doing it.
Hi David - Thanks for your post to the forum. You are definitely doing a great job of teaching to your mostly kinestheic learners and you also are reaching those who prefer the other styles -great work! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Almost all of my students are kinesthetic learners. They need the hands on activities to fully understand what the objective is. As an instructor I like to start off with a powerpoint giving pictures and brief explanations of what we are trying to accomplish. During the powerpoint I like to have actual aids floating around the class room for students to observe and feel. After the powerpoint, as a class, we go into the lab, and do a demo with the entire class participating with questions and actual students do the work. After the demo i turn the students loose and they have time to pratice the lesson. While the students are praticing I walk aroung the lab to answer any questions or concerns the students have.
Hello Susan;
I teach entry level auto technicians in a trade school and some of the methods I use is their current knowledge of the automobile and how they would approach a symptom or troubleshoot a concern at the vehicle and then roll play as if I am the customer with no knowledge of the concern just sounds and descriptions. This developes their thinking skills, customer service skills and it's hands-on diagnostics and english skills combine. I find in our business technicians lack the ability to interact with a customer on a professional level and beyond a customer's comprehension at a technical level. This seems to combine comprehensive skills and technical learning to acheive higher learning success and improve upon customer relations. Sitting in a classroom reading or powerpoint activities usually fall short in the learning for this type of student.
Hi Gary - Welcome to ED 103! Thanks for your post to the forum which is an example of terrific teaching! If your students are capable of "teaching back" they have clearly got it down.
Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Hi, Susan,
I have a student learn assembly of a dish that takes some hand-eye coordination and attention to detail. When he has it down, after,say, 5 or 6 units, I have him show 1 or 2 others and have them help to finish a number of them. This is done under my watch, so they all meet the same standard. All learn the value of hands-on work and demonstration, and the leader gets to sharpen training and supervisory skills in addition to learning the item itself. --Gary O. Ackerman
Actual work. I find it beneficial to put the student in "real world" situations.
HI Dolly - Thanks for your post to the forum. "Show and Tell" works for grown ups too!
Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
About 70% of what has to be taught in the style of auditory learners so one of the ways I help to present to the other learners is by having demonstration items that can be passed around. This way the tactile (kinesthetic) learners can actually hold an item, feel it, and see it from all angles while listening to the information about the item. It is sort of like show and tell.
HI Ed - I will bet that the majority of your students are kinesthetic learners. You are running an effective classroom for them. Best wishes - Susan
I teach a course in "Manual Power Trains" (transmissions). This is easy. I have gear sets and parts around the room. Students are encouraged to "play" with the pieces to see how different gears interact. I have bearings around the room also. They're fun to play with when my lecture goes too long.
HI Lenore- Welcome to Ed 103! Oh My - what a major change from PE and massage therapy! I think you have a great idea in asking your students to visualize before they put pen to paper. You may also want to ask them to write about things that they will be really comfortable with. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career and Happy New Year! Susan
As a Physical Education teacher for 25+ years and a Massage Therapy instructor for 5 years this has been my passion. Now that I am teaching English Composition it is more difficult. I relate part of speech with activities - rules for their children at home, sports/games, building, and recipes. For writing, I ask the students to visualize the "scene" in each sentence before putting it on paper. I am open to ANY suggestions!
HI Cheryl - Thanks for some excellent suggestions! Susan
in a culinary school, a demonstration is part of each class. a great way to assist i the learning of kinesthetic learners is to have them assist in the set up of the demonstration. another good idea is to have them write down the steps by step procedure on a white board. this technique helps both the kinesthetic learner as well as the visual and written!
My studnets love and application and hands on demonstrations for nursing
As an instructor my topic should always be well prepared for demos, give thorough explanation of equipment and materials used in the field. All details in the given lecture should be reviewed in practice,and applied by each student, hands on,that contribute to better understanding, knowledge and build their confidence in the course material.
