Leslie,
this is a great strategy & I'm anticipating will go far in helping the students stay engaged.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
We have been working to incorporate what we call an "upside down" curriculum. Creating relevance for students in the very beginning will maximize engagement and retention. Students very often look for the most relevant knowledge first, so we have to show them the relevance for more reasons than to just pass a test.
Crissia,
this is an excellent idea & it also helps to review this material several times as well.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
I will allow students more time to adjust to new concepts.and provide a period after to discuss what they think would help them in the future
I strugle in getting students to remember the difference between serum and plasma when learning blood collection tubes for laboratory tests, I will show the end product before teaching them the differnce and see if it helps.
I think I will use backward chaining more. For certain subjects, such as computer applications, I use a show and tell approach. We first talk about what we are going to do, and then I demonstrate what I want the students to do. I am sure I can jazz this up by using a backward chaining approach.
I will also use more positive reflections and hints in my delivery. I understand the importance of letting the students know that I believe in them and am confident that they will be successful.
Thank you,
Deborah
Put the most important elements of a lesson segment first and hit them again at the end to utilize both primacy and regency.
William,
I like this idea as it's not a straight assessment, but provides the opportunity for application.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
Timothy,
this is a great idea as it gives them the framework & then they can fill it in.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
Lev:
I also always use student experiences so they can identify with all the concepts and terms I introduce in the class.
I like the idea of giving the students the results or generalizations first, then present the content with questions and discussion to enhance retention.
I'm going to emphasize editing the Collective Short story a little more to apply specific grammar rules they learn in class.
As I have the students during their very last class before successful completion of the program, I am very interested in their retention of 14 months worth of knowledge. I believe the items shared that can increase the indices to the memory location was the most interesting in this module. I would love to become effective in the information chunking and taking information throughout their programs and chunking it together to make the "big picture" more vivid for them.
George,
yes, the preview/review method is a tried & true method of helping all learners with retention of information
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
I have success by previewing the end results of the material to be presented then reviewing the needed steps to get there.
I agree flash cards are very helpful in learning.
It is an excellent topic and I loved it.
Kaitlin,
the use of flash cards is a tried & true method for memorizing & retaining large amounts of information.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
Dianne,
these are all great strategies that will help students recall the information as well as keeping them engaged with the course material.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
Cheryl,
yes, when we can connect the concepts to emotion or memborable stories, the students will most likely remember better.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
