Jorell Lawrence

Edward, this is so true. As instructors we have to keep in mind that traditional lectures may not be the best method to reach all students. I like to make my lectures interactive, have the student participate. By doing so, they own some of their learning.

barbara bunville

I would have to agree with this statement. Everyone does not learn the same. I, myself learn in many different ways, and it would be heart breaking to be in a class and the teacher did not help me because of my learning style.

Kristian Korner

Excellent point. Rarely is it just one issue and we need to be accomadating on many levels. Documentation is a must though in this field.

Jay Hollowell

Hi Edward! Thanks for your example. It looks like you addressed visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles in your instructional delivery. Bravo!

Jay Hollowell
ED106 Facilitator

edward walker

I provided several different angles or ways to look at the same subject, so that different learning styles could be identified. As an example, one student appeared to have a problem reading the text material. I provided him the audio chapter review for his Ipod. Next, I used flash cards as support material to work on his visual recognition. Finally, I used an interactive game of Jeopardy to further in student's understanding.

Scott Arciniegas

But isn't that the reason this course has been structured the way it has? It's not just that "everyone does not learn the same way (I) do"...that's what the module on visual vs text vs kinesthetic learners was about...

Here the issue is that some people, due to a learning disability, have a fundamentally more difficult time learning at all. And, while we can make accommodations that will help to make up for the deficit that, say, dysgraphia (sp?) presents, numbers will simply be a problem.

Without getting too detailed (in violation of either FERPA or ADA regs), when you had a student with "multiple disabilities", what disabilities were they, and how did you accommodate them simultaneously?