repeating and repeating
Yes sometimes I feel like I am at the department of redundacy department when I repeat myself but I have found that this technique does help get the message across. I realize now that even when I think I fully explained something ,someone will not understand or get it. I like to end the class with a review of what we did that day. I will also do a quick synopsis of the previous day's subject matter.
Hi Carrie!
Learning is about repetition. I like to add the practice phase after repeating the info a few time. It helps to make the info more real.
Keep up the good work!
Jane Davis
ED106
True. This helps affirm and confirm with students, in their own minds, that they "get" the material. Introduce it, explain it and then recap it. At the recap phase, the student can anticipate the summary - judging for themselves whether they truly grasped what was being explained.
I too, make a point of repeating and reiterating what I am teaching my students. I feel it is important, and it helps them to remember what I've said. Sometimes, when I am explaining something, I try to get a feel if everyone understood the information. There is always a student, or more, who didn't quite grasp all of what I was saying; and I believe this is due to everyone absorbs data in a different way. Some students will absorb it immediately, and others may be slower to grasp, so I take that into consideration and repeat information. Some students are shy and won't ask you if you would repeat it, for fear of being embarrassed, so I just make a habit of doing so, that way they are covered. I think doing so, shows that I care about them and their academic success. Which I do.
I like the idea of reviewing what you taught for the day. My students really struggle with EOBs so I try to teach it throughout the quarter. When we learn something new, I try to go back to the EOBs and how it relates
As an instructor o basic law, I find myself repeating and reiterating unfamiliar and difficult legal terms, rules nd concepts.When doing this, which is more necessary some times than others, I reiterate not just the definitions or rules themselves, but emphasize the relationship between concepts we may be studying so as to give the tudents a fuller "big picture" view.
It may be good to do as I do at times and have other students repeat out loud what another student answered or what I have stated. That may keep them more engaged as well.
I believe repetition is a great tool and I use it to give a clue on material that may be in an exam. I tell my students from day one that when I repeat myself more than two times, it is a guarantee the material will be on an exam so they need to take notes. It's amazing how quickly their pens and pencils go up when I repeat myself three times. Those that may be lacking energy seem to find it quickly.
How can I effectively use repatition for the students who did not grasp it the first time without boring the others who feel like they are being held back by the other students?
I start with a quick review and end with a review. I think the more times you hear something the easier it comes to you. I also try to make-up little sayings,poems or acronyms with important concepts to make them easier to remember. I'm getting pretty good at it!
Surprisingly good results are obtained by getting the student to participate in the repetition process by requiring the student to repeat aloud what the instructor has repeated to them. I have found this to be very useful in my instruction in a trade school. Many of the students respond well to this 'old style' approach even as they respond poorly, if at all, to lectures and reading material. Apparently, many individuals will hear something best if they are the one speaking.
Thanks for a great way to remember how to "repeat" information to the students.
1. Tell them what you are going to tell them
2. Tell them what you are telling them
3. Tell them what you told them
Can't wait to use this for my class, teaching muscles (Kinesiology I) for massage therapy. By repeating the origins and insertions over and over, while pointing out the location on the skeleten, the students can grasp the information better. Thanks for a great tip.
Repeating often helps the student to readdress their problems of not understanding a concept.
I also try to re-word what I just said so the student can hear it in different ways. I also put key words from that concept on the board to emphasize again what I am saying. Inevitably a student will raise their hand only to have me cover what they were going to ask anyway - helps to reinforce to me why I am going what I am doing.
Agreed repetition is vey helpful to the learner. I also try to re-word my message in attempt to capture even one more student's interest by offering a different delivery style.
I think this is very important. When we conduct instructor evaluations, we look for whether instructors 1) tell student what you are going to tell them, 2) tell them, and 3) tell them what you told them. This is a necessary technique especially dealing with a difficult subject.
This may seem simple and not too important but I can tell you the importance of repetion in the learning process is critical.
Repeating, REphrasing and REstating are the three R's I have my teachers practice on a daily basis in class.
Along with that: tell the students what they will learn, present/teach the students the material and then follow up by reviewing what you just taught them.
