retention
Having a book in front of you and a power point can help you but there are various additions that prove useful. Having hard parts that they can pass around as well as drawing specific systems in the board and having them copy them aids in the understanding and retention of the topic.
Class times can be long in career education. When classes are condensed it does become challenging to keep students. Lets be honest it is also challenging on the instructor trying to fill 2 6hour classes a week.
Lecturing and using power point is useful and affective, however, there are others ways to teach the material and achieve the goal of creating a learning experience. Most humans can handling a certain amount of time of listening to someone teaching. However, lecturing while using training aids and taking a trip to the lab to enhance a visual understanding experience for the student. This keeps the students active with the lecture. Students ask more questions that have a positive impact in their learning experience.
Ty,
Like the way you make a connect between content and application. This is what brings our the relevance for students.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I also use items in the class for demonstration then make the students repeat in a lab
James,
Good way to help the students with recall and review. Repetition is a very effective learning tool and if you use different activities to work the students through the repetitions then retention of content is enhanced and their engagement is increased.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
As a review, often after a lecture or presentation, I will outline the main points of the presentation and ask the students to explain those points to me. This allows a review with their participation and allows me to observe their comprehension of the material and to correct any misconceptions they may have. This also allows those who may not have been paying close attention another chance to learn the subject presented.
I also like to give a review, it helps me find out if the students understand the material. I ,like other instructor's, pass training aids around the room but they may not understand how the part works. I like to show a good animation on the power point to help them understand it's inner workings.
Walt,
Well done. The more senses that are used in the learning process the better. They get to integrate the different aspects of learning through touch, vision, and listening, all of which contribute to a better understanding of what they are studying.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
In my fiber optics technology class, my students get to handle numerous tools, connectors and test equipment associated with the technology. In addition, a comprehensive daily review of learned skills the day before is essential to retention. I also make it a point to forward my teaching resources to each and every student to help them in retention of the material. This multi-faceted approach really helps my students retain important information.
I also find that having review at the end of class and starting the next class period incorparating how yesterday's lesson relates to today is a good means for retention as well.
Jennifer,
Yes it does. The more senses involved in the learning process the better. So do "Show and Tell" so you will enhance the retention of the content with your students.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Being able to lecture about a topic is great, but having the items from that topic totally helps the student retain that information better.
Keith,
You are making it real for your students with these parts. I would wonder about those students that are not engaged because not only are they going to have a tough time in school they are not going to be very successful when they are out in the workplace. They may have made the wrong career choice.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I use real motorcycle parts all the time in the classroom and it doesn't always work. You will find that some of the students just want to look at the part infront of them and not think about where or how to work on it on the bike or what it's real job is.
Jeremy,
Yes, it does. Seeing and touching an object that is being taught about enhances the value of the content to the students. They get excited because they are learning how to use such equipment or procedures and that makes the content come alive.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I love using real world items in my lecture. This not only gives the student a three dimensional object to inspect, I have found that it also makes the discussion more real. Hearing about and seeing pictures are great, but adding a real piece to inspect and touch reaffirms what they are hearing about. This also appeals to our tactile learners.
