I have utilized students that have a good unstanding of what was covered in class to move at there pace. This does allow me to help out the other groups that may be struggling with the material. This allows every group to keep pace with the whole class to complete the assignment.
Salvatore,
This does represent a good mix of activities. Are group activities included in the lesson plans?
Ron Hansen, Ed. D.
Shirley,
Hands on, and teaching each other rank as the two top learning methods for information retention.
Ron Hansen, Ed. D.
David,
Besides rotating on the workstations what else occurs within the student groups? A suggestion would be to have an activity where the group members question each other about their diagnostic experiences.
Ron Hansen, Ed. D.
We have a very well planed out curriculum that insures that as many learning styles as possible are reached. This is done by combining instructor led discussion with demonstration of key concepts and procedures, and a heavy emphasis on lab. Since most of our students are hands on learners the emphasis on lab is important. Than lecture, discussion and reading assignments make sure that there is something for every one.
I use lecture and hands on in the lab. I lecture as I go, and anything that needs demonstrating I will demonstrate at that time. after I have finished lecturing the chapter, demonstrating certain things that need demonstrating, I then have the students do hands on. If they have questions I will answer them as we go along, then go back to hands on.
I find that most of our students learn better once they are engaging by hands on.
There is a brief lecture covering basic concepts and instructions. Than the class is broken into groups of 2-3. They will than rotate through various workstations. The work stations include computer based senarios and hands on with actual problems the students are required to diagnose. I discuss each students progress while at their worksations during and at the end to confirm with questions to all members that the reqiured task was acconplished.
Joseph,
A debrief afterwards with all the students asking them about their difficulties with completing the task and what worked best for them will allow the students to learn from each other.
Ron Hansen, Ed. D.
Everyone learns with different styles. The big thing is to make sure the task is performed correctly and safely.The students also need to know that there are more that one way to "skin a cat", as long as it is done safe and correctly.Demo the task,and show the safe way to do it.
Terry,
Yes, the lab environment does provide the means to engage the student a bit easier. While the student is working through a procedure in the lab it is a good time to ask them related questions about what they learned in the lecture environment.
Ron Hansen, Ed. D.
The Lab environment is different than the class, it is much easier to keep the Students involved. Since the lab is mostly hands on it usually puts everyone on the same level. When a Student doesn't understand, then you have to address him/her in their learning style.
Lance,
How wide a range of responses do you get when asking students about their learning style? How often is the student unsure about his or her learning style. Learning how to learn is also something we can develop within our students.
Ron Hansen, Ed. D.
I have used multiple methods ,while explaining subjects to students and also have students involved in demonstrations and problem solveing ,also asking students of there own styles of learning.
Louis,
The student presentations after the group research must be interesting. The results probably indicate what you have to review or perhaps what you might want to add tot he course for the next offering.
Ron Hansen, Ed. D.
I have to use very many strategies, I lecture before a lab activeity about safety,procedure of the lab, and expected results.
I then ask the class to work in groups to research the information given to them.This gives them a chance to work individual and together to gather information and procedures.
Then I explain what is expected when being graded like proper safety,proper tools and equiptment, proper procedure and what I expect to see from the student.
Jim,
Thank you for your post. Your curriculum certainly seems to accommodate for different learning styles through the use of different strategies.
Ron Hansen, Ed. D.
steve,
For most lab based courses this is true.
Ron Hansen, Ed. D.
Dennis,
Recognizing that students learn through a variety of styles and making adjustments as needed helps students to be successful.
Ron Hansen, Ed. D.
In the auto/diesel educational training field to get the information and knowledge delivered in an understandable way and to have the the students retain the informaion several styles need to be used. Lecture for direct information, hands on for the mechanical technical skills, and working in teams for a convergent of learning styles and skills. We work both individually to promote their confidence and groups to learn how to explore in teams to arrive at the correct answer and method to use.
I have used several methods ,while wxplaining things ,have students involved in demonstrations ,while explaining the do's and dont's it has been vary effective
