Each person seeks out whom they believe has the best tools to offer thus creating diversity. The energy derived from the stimulation of the music as well as the encouragement of a goal, winning the price.
I agree with this tactic. I find myself doing this because sometimes students help each other in ways an instructor may not be able to relate to.
Esperanza,
very true! We must make sure that we are carefully planning the simulations/activities & still tying them to objectives & outcomes.
Dr. Ryan Meers
Esperanza,
very true! We must make sure that we are carefully planning the simulations/activities & still tying them to objectives & outcomes.
Dr. Ryan Meers
I teach clinical simulations in the lab before the nursing students start their clinical rotations.
I find simulations and role playing to be very valuable tools in reinforcing didactic learning.
The debriefing after the role-play is very helpful in understanding the reasons that impel students, if you will, in being proactive or reactive, when dealing with life-like situations.
Just role playing without careful thought and planning might not achieve the course objectives. A simulation takes as much time to prepare as a regular classroom lecture, or any other learning activity and I think is much more fun. Students retain more when they enjoy what they are doing, while learning new things.
In my opinion, all students have to work together (interpersonal)and recognize the stress (emotional). The music gives them the ability to move on fast (musical), and because there are rules and gidelines (logical/mathematical), they have to talk each other (linguistic/verbal) and look inside themselves to see how to handle the stress individually (intrapersonal). Finally all students can move around and arranged themselves(bodily kinesthic).
Olmarys,
great synopsis of this activity.
Dr. Ryan Meers
The manner in which the excercise is presented will require the students to use all seven areas. Each segment caters to a different one of the seven. Kinestetic, music, interpersonal, intrapersonal, spacial, liguistic, and logical mathmatic. While the student may not realize all are being used, the end result will facilitate learning in all M.I. areas.
Interpersonal is covered by the fact that the students have to work as a team during the task. Logical/Mathematical is addressed by a numerical list that has to be arranged in a logical order. Spatial/Visual intelligence would be required to visualize the proper order and would tie driectly into the previous logical/mathematical intelligence. Musical is obvious by the music being played during the exercise. Student cooperation and communication would fall under the category of Linguistic/Verbal. Intrapersonal is a little more difficult in a group activity but I suppose each has to work on his/her own to find the four other people prior to forming the group. Some of the exercises within the exercise, such as "10 deap breaths" would be considered tapping into Bodily Kinesthetic intelligence.
Interpersonal: They interact with other students.
Visual: Seeking out the students with the correct steps
Verbal: Talking together to figure out the proper order
Kinesthetic:Moving around the room seeking out the correct partmers
Emotional: Identify the emothions of the five stress management steps
Existential: Understanding the purpose of this excercise.
By Eddy Mojena
Great idea this will involve the students kinesthetically and visually if students are placed in groups and using the board to work out as teams.
gwen,
yes, the working together & social aspect of learning can be a great tool in learning.
Dr. Ryan Meers
The food service insustry requires the strenghts of all individuals at different times of the study process.
This exercise uses all the different intelligences, the students will have to interact with one another and be social, this in itself can be a useful tool in creating a well received learning environment.
marie,
this is a great synopsis of this activity.
Dr. Ryan Meers
Kinestetic: students are allowed to move around the room.
musical: Students get to listen to energetic music.
interpersonal: students have to communicate and cooperate with each other.
intrapersonal: hopefully reading the 5 steps will increase student's awareness of their own stress level and response to stress and will motivate the student to use the steps when they are alone.
spacial/visual: need to arrange themselves in order in relation to the other students.
liguistic: student needs to read the words on the piece of paper.
logical/math: Students have to be able to count to five.
Yes I believe all seven would be used by promoting team work and support for each other
Hello Dr. Meers,
This exercise allows people to experience:
-interpersonal: by forcing students to introduce themselves to others
- kinesthic: by moving aroudn the room
- music: is being played in the background
- logical/math: students are asked to put five items in logical order
- linguistic: students have to convey their step and describe it in a way that has meaning to others
- intrapersonal: students learn stress management techniques that they can use individually
Best wishes,
Rick
Well, it takes all five senses to complete this exercise. The information is broken into chunks which are easier to understand and retain. They are asked to reflect on the who, what,and where. This helps the students understand the value of the exercise. This guided approach also creates a sense of mystery where students are excited to get answers to their questions.
I think this project caters to several types of learners.
Visual learners will be satisfied in regards to havng to read the cards of their classmates in order to find the other four people. Audio learner will be benefitted by speaking to other students. Kinectic learners will learn by merely engaging in the activity. Interpersonal skills will also be sharpened.
