- The attention span of most individuals is in the 15-18 minute range.
- We generally only remember about 25% of what we hear.
- We normally only retain 40% of what we read.
- We can listen 4 times faster than we can speak.
10-15 min increments is essential in education
Because people learn by trial and error, observation or by doing, content is best presented using several types of lectures. Expository lectures can present foundational facts and concepts, but may bore and disengage students. Interactive lectures allow them to brainstorm as you help to organize their thoughts. Problem-solving and case study lectures work well for advanced students to access higher levels of learning, and all lecture types may be combined. Demonstrations can be very effective and should be well planned and praticed. Have a back-up plan in case the demonstration does not go well, and have students do a hands-on activity directly after to help them apply what they have learned. I will keep these lecture types in mind to ensure my lessons go beyond expository lecture and address the learning styles of all students in my class.
To teach all types Of learning styles. In corporate learning with field trips and quest speakers.
learn in 3 basic ways: trial/error, observation and doing
Having a variety of ways to teach what you want students to learn is important because everyone learns differently. Also it is important to chunk you lessons into about 15 minute sections so students absorb the information better so you do not lose they attention.
In the Covid-19 "era" I had to reevaluate everything to be accessible and engaging and exciting all over again as I could not be movong around. So this was good to get my brain cells rejuvenated!!
It is important to construct a good lesson plan while keeping in mind the different learning stlyes of adult learners as well as things to work around such as attention span of <18 minutes and only being able to retain ~25% of what we hear.
I learn the importance to keep the lectures short due to the brain learning spam is 15 to 18 minutes effective, and to apply differect lerning styles through my lesson. I will apply this tecniques my classroom.
This is a great module about lerning about myself an effective teaching strategy to keep my students engage.
this module took the previous modules and rolled them up into a cohesive strategy to teaching.
Use all of the forms of lecture in order to keep students engages and thinking.
I totally agree that different needs of the students learning wise, makes the trenches become creative on how you should delivery the material. I also believe that the course content has to have some rigor in it, otherwise it will be a boring and lame class for all who take it, except the very uneducated students.
Reply to Laura Hogins's post:
This is great advice. Short bursts to address multiple styles.
Pushing students to think about the content and how it applies is more benefical then just presenting content.
The use of mini-lectures is an interesting concept that I hadn't thought of before.
I also neeed to start using more lesson plans and giving more active demonstartions inm yclass (5-7 steps max)
I found the section on demonstrations really interesting because I don't do demos and labs in my writing classes, but we do some class activities as procedures. Getting students engaged with one another about the content leads to better, deeper learning, and students reflect on the content more. Anyway, I need to remember, from this module, to keep steps in our procedures to 5-7 step limits. One way to do this is to break an activity across two class periods. That way, students aren't overwhelmed. They've had time to reflect, as have I . So, on day two, I can also review before we proceed and make sure I cover any info missed the previous day.
Make sure the demo materials are ready so the students stay focused and don't lose interest. Put variety in the lesson so it is not all lecture in one class period.
Research, plan. practice, demonstrate the topic or lecture and then observe the students as they practice, absorb the info and demonstrate the topic. great receipe for Edutainment.
As a professor I should make the class enjoyable and make sure the learning process is percolating to the students.
Reduce your class to several 15 minutes mini lectures and in between them have activities that will bring the students to the attention of the subject matter and what they have learned in the class.
use media support for your lectures, it makes classes more atractive.
