Susan Polick

Hi Stephanie, Thanks for your post to the forum. Wow! you are definitely running an active classroom - great work! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

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Susan Polick

Hi Juvenal, Thanks for your post to the forum. It is so important that we know our own learning style before we can adapt to other styles!

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Stephanie Mozell

We are in the beginning term of the instruction for dental hygiene. Half of the class has kinesthic styles with a variety auditory ,visuals and written styles. I would have them watch me while I demonstrated . I focus on a positive movement and then have them repeat it. I might have them try different positions and have them find their comfort zone that is effective.

Watching each other do hands on activities helps them gain confidence and then . Working in pairs with a hand held mirror is helpful.Having an observer student watching the 2 working helps as well.

I like to have the students feel the vibration of the instrument as I find the calculus. They have their finger tip on the handle as I move.

Juvenal Nava

After taking this course I realize that this is my learning style. I teach computer programming by explaining the concept and then applying it by solving problems (hands-on). After solving a few problems I let them try on themselves. At first, I try to select similar problems to let them get confidence and later I bring different problems but still using same concept.

Larry Williams

After reviewing the text, shop assignments are strengthened by referring to the text portion of the lab at hand. Students realize how the text is helping to prepare them for this exercise. Thie seems to make them more envovled in the classroom as well.

Susan Polick

Hi Karen, Sounds like a great seminar! It's always terrific when we get new ideas and strategies to use. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

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Susan Polick

Hi John, Thanks for your post to the forum. Combining the lecture with hands on activity is an excellent practice! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

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Karen Crusich

The kinesthetic learning style has been my most challenging learning style to accomodate in the classroom. In the lab, it is mostly hands on and they are well engaged. But the volume of theory has been a challenge to both them and myself! I have recently attended a "Creative Learning Strategies" seminar and it was completely about "active" teaching! I will be preparing a short presentation for my coworkers and anticipate incorporating many of the ideas into my theory classes - thus avoiding "death by powerpoint"! Maybe we'll start with a round of neurological "Simon says"!

John Makela

As I am lecturing about the theory and functions of componets that make up the systems being taught I like to pass around as many examples as possible for kineshetic learner to touch and observe. This really helps them understand the material and concepts.

Susan Polick

Hi Martha, Thanks for your post to the forum. You shared a great example of application assessment! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

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Martha Amaya

I teach Fashion Design courses and I also use this combination; I demonstrate the techniques and then I allow students time to do the first sample. In addition, they have to complete two more samples per technique as homework. As they present the three samples the following week, I grade them to analize their progress. If they did it wrong, or do not show much progress I have them repeat the technique two or more times in order to drive them to accuracy and eventually perfection.
This has proven to work for my students in the last year and a half.
Thank you,

MJ

Susan Polick

Hi Frederick, Thanks for your post to the forum. That's true - when students are given the opportunity to "teach back", their own retention improves. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

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Frederick Kasulis

I teach heating & cooling systems and I like to use small single person trainers. They are simple and easy to understand for beginners. Then I move them up to more complex systems. Our facility is designed for stepping from the basic to complex. We give as much one on one as possible but also have more knowledgable students helping others, because helping another will reinforce a person's own knowledge.

Susan Polick

Hi Ebony, Thanks for your post to the forum. Giving your students the opportunity to practice hands on numerous times is excellent! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

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Ebony Burrell

I am a medical assistant instructor and for some medical demonstrations like administering injections, I have the students read through the demonstration and then practice hands on, and practice the demonstrations over and over until comfortable.

Keri Bacic

This is a great idea. I am teaching sanitation and there is a lot of lecture/memorization...therefore a lot of nodding off...I will implement this right away!
Thanks

Susan Polick

Hi Edward, Thanks for your post to the forum. One of my most memorable undergrad classes was a political science class where we did a week long internatiol scenario that was facilitated by a team of graduate assistants. It was AMAZING!

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Edward Goold

I myself am a kinesthetic learner. I like more tangible projects and actual "doing" things to learn. Since I teach business courses one of my favorite approaches is simulation games. Tactile learners like simulations and then when you tie that simulation to a real live current event in business it becomes a very powerful way to reinforce learning.

Susan Polick

Hi Shane, Thanks for sharing some great ideas for kinesthetic learners! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

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