Hi Susan - Thanks for your post to the forum! I am thrilled that you found some good ideas to take back to your classroom - Have fun!! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Hi Katrina - I also find that coming up with ideas for reaching the kinesthtic learners is hard for me. What discipline do you teach? Susan
Knowing the learning styles of our students assists us in finding the best way to relay information to our students. It helps me to be more effective in my delivery and classroom preparation. I enjoy using multiple mediums in my classroom, however, I could be better about assisting the kinesthetic learner.
I love the idea of having games in class. I am going to try to incorporate that into my very auditory/visual class lectures. I have realized that I am boring some students to tears and I am excited about coming up with something that can engage their learning styles as well!
HI Tina- Thanks for your post! I am a visual learner so must always remember to add Kinesthetic content. It helps all of us to "stretch" as we teach. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
It is benifical to understand the learning styles of one's diverse student population so as to develope lesson plans that will benifit all the students.
By understanding how your student process information, educators can design meaningful lesson plans.
I think by knowing different learning styles you can reach more of the class individually
Knowing about the different learning styles is going to help me prepare class projects better. using images along with instructions to precent a clearer concept.
Instructional benefits of knowing your students' learning styles will make learning more effective for everyone. It helps an instructor to understand the need to mix up content delivery so that he or she is getting through to as many students as possible.
I am a kinestetic learner and am always having my students "do" things. I now realize that I have to add lecture and other delivery methods to my curriculum.
Hi Walter- Thanks for your post to the forum. As you point out, teaching to the learning styles does make classes more interesting. So many of my instructors share the latest ideas they've come up with and we all are able to use them in our lessons. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Hi Farida- That can be problematic. Is it possible to include other things like projects that could also be graded? Best wishes- Susan
it brings in more variety to the class in a whole, therefore i think it makes it more interesting for all
You are righ tin that it saves time and frustration on the student's part, but I also think it does the same for the instructor. I think giving students the option to express their knowledge the best way they can is the ideal way of doing this, but what do you suggest when a school MUST have every instructor deliver the exact same assessment to all students. This does not sound like it would easily work.
When we understand the learning styles of all our students, we are able to deliver material to ALL of them fairly. We can deliver material in a variety of styles to ensure that we are reaching every type of learner in our classroom. As daunting as the task of finding out what type of learner every student in your class is, it is essential in helping them succeed.
Hi Quintin- Thanks for your post to the forum. If everone had the same learning style I suppose things certainly would be simpler but not nearly as interesting! (-: Best wishes - Susan
Knowing the learning styles of your students helps you to taylor your presentation, so the groups get the most information and retain it. It would be great if all students had one style, but, they do not. Therefore, knowing how to identify learning styles is critical to success as an instructor.
Understanding the learning styles of your students allows you to stucture your class to address many of these learning styles for a better understanding of the material.
Hi William-Thanks for your post. Some previous members of this class have suggested using problems that allow their students to solve math problems in the context of the discipline that they are persuing. So, for example, a business student might be asked to calculate the cost of adding a new product. An electrical student could calculate the amount of wire necessary to add a media room, etc. Best wishes- Susan
knowing the learning styles could help to taylor your delivery of information.
However, I teach math and I know in High School there are some math classes that do projects to where students actually build or use math models, however teaching at a college level there is too much infor that has to be given in such a short period of time that the only way to deliver the information is to give lectures with short quizes to verify retention.
I have ued internet based hw, but that often seams more difficult for the students than just doing it on paper.
