Sacha,
Learners like variety and change of pace and you are offering both to keep your students engaged. You are appealing to the different learning preferences of your students as the progress through the course and this will help them to stay focused.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Gary,
You have developed a well coordinated flow to your instruction. You are offering variety and change of pace which helps to keep students engaged while checking for understanding. I wish you continued teaching success using the model.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I using different teaching methods depending of the material that I have covering to meet the needs of different learing preferences. Hands on, visual aids,and lectures are sometime all included in a class on the same day.
I would say that it is "common" or "standard" practice that my predominant delivery modes are visual and auditory, ie, see it and hear it, often simultaneously. The activity I employ often is what I call the "small group study-condense-report" mini activity. I provide material and describe the requirements of the activity, give students about 15 minutes to share (on task) and develop a plan to report their findings aloud. This way, I can walk among the small groups and observe and provide guidance that will accommodate the small group dynamics.
I conduct my classes this way. I am a veteran instructor. However, it is always nice to go over the information again because it brings information I may have forgotten about.
Thomas,
By sharing your experience in the field with your students you are helping to make the content come alive. This generates more interest in the course and enthusiasm for learning.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Melannie,
Real life examples create interest in the minds of students while helping them to see the relevancy of what is being taught. This sets up a win win for both you and your students.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Tammy,
Sounds like a fun and relevant way to teach the basics of blood draws. This is what gets students all fired up and motivated to learn. Keep up the good work.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Melannie,
You are doing a great job of providing alternative learning options for your students while still getting the core concepts across to them. This is how instructors of merit reach their goals and help their students to be successful.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Making sure the lab work coinsides with the lecture topic.I have had problems with this before and when they match, student comprehension goes up.
I also use my experience in the field and find ways to interject them into a class subject. It really helps with the materials.
I try to provide several methods of teaching to help the different learning styles. I perform lectures while using power points, so they can read it, write it, and listen to it at the same time.
I also provide demonstration on the material, so they can use hands on practice to get the skills they need done.
I have also recommended that students record the material, often with an audio tape, for those who find that listening works best for them. It has really helped some students. I did have a student who would video tape my lectures and his grades would actually increase 10-20% per test with this method, because he needed visual and audio. I don't mind any of these things as long as they are learning.
I have used real life examples when discussing the necessity of the material, so students can see the relevancy of the material to what they want to do. For example, I explain how understanding how to fill out a CMS form in class will allow them to do it quicker in the real world.
I have also used videos to demonstrate topics or content that show students what they will be doing in their work life and how the material focuses on this.
Finally, I provide demonstrations and hands on practice, so students can see how knowing the body parts relate to what they will do for phlebotomy, injections, etc.
I have found that in teaching Phlebotomy students are excited about sticking one another, but I explain to them that they need to know the back ground or relavence in order to not hurt a patient when I start lecturing to the students they then are not as bored and become more interested and ask questions. Then you can share experiences with them that helps bring things more to light.
Provide audio visual materials, lectures, handouts, games & activities, group projects, and computer projects to meet all the learning styles
Stephen,
You are with these stories showing relevancy and application of the content. Also, you are giving them a mental picture of what their future might be like through the stories and examples.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
By use of real life stories in the field relating to the items being taught. Then getting hands on in ht e lab with the same equipment or as similar as possible so that the knowledge can stick.
Curtis,
When you align the course content with real world experiences you increase the value of the course for the students as they begin to see the relevancy and application of what is being taught. This is the ROI that students should be seeking.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Aligning course content and goals to real-world experiences will ensure students understand relevancy of the content.
Aligning course content and goals to real-world experiences will ensure students understand relevancy of the content.
