I teach fundamentals of nursing and medical surgical nursing 1. During the skills lab, I have no problem reaching the kinesthetic learners. The entire course is hands on. The problem comes when teaching med surg didactic. I have a lot of pathophys. to cover and some of these alternative methods take more time. Any suggestions?
I like to use food to demonstrate properties such as how a chocolate chip cookie is not always the same...so, they have different properties eventhough they are the same thing.
or when I'm lecturing about the tensile strength of an instrument, I'm handing out a paper clip, a rubber band and asking students to pull on the two ends...now describe the tensile strength of the two.
Hi Shanta- Thanks for your post to the forum. Demonstrating the relevance of what our students are learning is so important! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I give a lot of lecture to my students and while I am doing that I give them real world experience so they can better understand. Then while doing my hands on I make sure they understand fully how everything they will do in the real field would help them while applying what they are learning now.
HI Kim - Thanks for your post to the forum and for sharing some good ideas for kinesthetic learners. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I would use Role Play, Use theses type students for my board writers, Use games, such as scavenger hunts, as these learners are doers and learn better if they can move around. Anything physical!
Ensure the presence of tools related to the course material/profession that students can utilize and have hands-on experiene.
I mix it up with a combination of visual (write material on the board while lecturing (auditory), and then I will provide a hands-on lab exercise to further get my point across to them.
We offer our students 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of Lab per day. By having the students immediatly apply and practice the knowledge they have just been taught helps them to retain it.
The use of hands on material is very effective, such as using play-doh when teaching about the anatomy of the heart for example.
That is very true. Kinesthetic learners do best when hands on projects comes into play. When we get into lab everyone eyes light up and they are very attentive. In class I try to incorporate as many visuals as possible so they can see what they will be doing.
When teaching makeup, we've found that we break the hands-on demos into chunks and that works really well. If we lecture while they're working they don't always hear everything, so we do a quick overview lecture, then demo a step and have the students do that step.
In my class, I use this combination way, because in culinary industry is very valuable receive lecture at the same time you doing the hands on. In this way the student can follow instructions in the correct form. Work like copy cat and they learn very easy
Hi Diana
I am just beginning my teaching career. I have worked in the medical field for years. I too, am a "learn by doing" and have taught by demonstration (this is very easy for me), however, the lecture...what is your trick to delivering and designing your lecture? Do you add plenty of reading into the plan for those who have the written style? or do you find PPT's beneficial?
Sarah
Hi Katrina- Thanks for your post to the forum and for sharing some good ideas for kinesthetic learners. Best wishes - Susan
Some instructional approaches to use with kinesthetic learners, are to allow for physical involvement when learning. For example, when teaching provide hands on work, role play, small discussions,and even field trips that can reinforce major points, topics, and even test material. Stimulations and role play, manipulating items, as well as other methods that physically involve them in the learning process are all approaches to use with kinesthetic learners.
Perhap breaking the students into small interactive groups for projects might help. One options for group projects might be completed outside the classroom in the library or other public place to observe human behavior, interactions regarding personal space. other options I have learned is to play a trivia game with the students on the more "must memorize" topics.
Hi Allison - Thanks for your post to the forum. The following link is to a Rutgers Univ. web site that has some good suggestions for your kinesthetic learners.
http://wire.rutgers.edu/i_inclass.html
Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
My program is primarily reading and writing based, how could I add a task to assist in this type of learning?
Hi Kira - Games are always useful for getting Kinesthetic learners up and moving. Presentations and role plays are also good. Best wishes - Susan
