For me implementing different delivery strategies is a way to get everybody involved in the learning process with the assumption that everyone learns differently according to his own experience and style.
I believe that students also could be selective learners. They pick and chooses the one method over the other that they might have also used in the past.
Each students is diferent and therefor they have diferent learning needs and we need to reach each and everyone of them with diferents learning methos
I repaet the same process over and over
I completely understand your delima. At the same time, you only have so much time to deliver the information. Maybe there should be learning style assesment tests at the beginning of each course? Nah, that would make it too easy. The Dr.'s advice is really on que and who ever said teaching was easy?
I often repeat samew process in order to make sure students are succesfull.
I'll be more aware now of my delivery methods, and preparation before lecture.
Hi John,
Been there done that. When I let out a cry, my mother just rolled her eyes and smiled. File that under "I told you so!". Also not sympathy for my owee. But, it as we both know it was a lesson well learned. This experience made us listen and respect what we were learning. This is what our instructional efforts should result in. Sometimes we will be tested by our students but as time goes on their respect for what we are teaching them and their experiences in the classroom/lab will help achieve the results we want.
Gary
It's like when you were a kid and your mom told you not to touch the stove because it's hot. Probably half of us (Me included) had to touch the stove before we learned that red metal meant hot metal. Some people can just accept that mom is right others have to experience the pain before learning.
I hear you Cecil. In teaching programming classes the text book will give rules for syntax, key terms and the basic coding structures. However, a student needs to comprehend a programming challenge and then work through the possible solutions to create a program that will solve the challenge. This involves abstract thinking skills. Within the first day of the class it is easy to identify which intelligence areas the students fall into. The Logical/Mathematical and Visual/Spatial students will perform well; however, the other students are definitely a teaching challenge. I will group the students into teams so the students get to use collaborative skills. The logical/ Mathematical students will usually volunteer to be the team leaders to keep the teams on task. The Interpersonal skilled students are busy reviewing everyone’s input and usually combine the group’s efforts, but have a difficult time submitting their own original individual work.
Hi Cecil,
Great example of why we need to offer a variety of learning methods to our students. By seeing, hearing and experiencing content in a number of different ways the students can draw from the different methods in ways that meet their learning needs.
Gary
