Travis,
this is an excellent way to help students retain the vital information.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
Variety of the learning and retention methods will assist all types of learners to keep what they learn in class.
I am going to conduct weekly vocabulary and spelling tests to try and enhance my student's memory and word knowledge.
Melinda,
flashcards really are a great way to help with memory & retention.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
I would use many different retention to help my students to acheive their educational goals, such as using their five senses. I would use this to build their knowledge and skills. I would also use games and patterns to help them acheive their goals.
I encourage my students to make flashcards to learn medical terminology terms. The more times youwrite a medical term, the more it is stored in the brain cells. Then I have the students come up and use the skeleton to name the bones I assign them. When they see it in person I think they learn it better. Mindy Smith
I think implementing any method of teaching to help the student memeory is wonderful. i will try to add more hands on programs that will increase the learing retention in my class.
I also struggle with getting students to understand the difference between serum and plasma and which tubes create which. I have tried using several different games as well as putting it in an easy to read table. It wasn't until I made them as a class fill out the table on the board several times that they got the concept. I will try the end product this time too to see if it will help.
I have always thought that flash cards, jeopardy games and so forth worked great. I believe I will try the grouping of 5 too. Maybe try cutting out the shapes of the bones per region or extremity and encouraging students to put them in anatomically correct sequence.....
Lynne,
this helps greatly as students venture into areas in which they are less familiar & are more complicated.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
Joyce,
yes, these really are great techniques to assist with retention & memory recall.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
When I intro a new topic, I give a synopsis of what is going to take place. As I am going through a subject I encourage students to get involved by asking questions and commenting on what is needing to be learned. I have found that the group as a whole has a way of getting a grasp on a subject through communication. They will even get the slower ones on the same page as it is peers talking with me as a mediator so to speak. I am big on having product available to pick up and physically touch as well as the tools needed to work on whatever we are dealing with. Usually at this point, the students are committing to memory what we are needing to grasp and the discussion and comments they make are allowing this to happen.
I will do backward chaining with more challenging topics such as the structure of the nervous system and motivation. This means I will start with the outcomes I need to see from them and work up to a broader understanding of the topic. That way they will see where we are headed in those sections and why.
The use of a visual, flash cards or using games to help simulate the brain in the learning process.
Jennifer,
this is a great idea as it helps the different types of learners be able to find a method that works best for them.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
Jennifer,
this is a great idea as it helps the different types of learners be able to find a method that works best for them.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
One of the best learning modalities I have used is the Memory notebooks for nursing. The students love them. They have mnemonics for a plethora of nursing information. Along with the drawings, they are deal for retention of information. Something to relate to!
I give the students various ways using of charts, columns & color coirdinating in order to remember their treatment options
For memory learning ...I feel flash cards, games and word association are all very good techniques.
Cindy,
these really are a great way to help students learn & retain the information.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
