Studying more than one way
Change it up, flash cards, phone questions, friends with accents and different tones in the voice. Anything to stimulation ltm/stm.
Mignonne, this does lower the anxiety and the educational risk factor.
Michele Deck
aisha, many students feel more accountable to their peers than to their instructor.
Michele Deck
I have found that by creating an opportunity for the students to work/study in groups, gives the more quite/shy students the chance to verbalize their grasp/understanding of a subject with their peer group. This approach works well in my situation, as it gives them feedback from their group and they are more willing to give input to a smaller group versus the whole class.
This technique is one of the best. It worked very well for me and my study groups in school. Not only does teaching each other segments of the lecture let the student know if they "got" the material, it fosters relationships, allows the students to quiz one another and look at the material from different prespectives, it creates a sense of responsibility for the student to really LEARN the segment that they are goin to teach. Noone wants to let the grops members down by being unprepared. This method also provides the variety that many students are lacking when studying. Accountability is key.
Michelle, each topic lends itself to different ways to study it.
Michele Deck
It's challege trying to explain how to study since we all learn differently. Given the type of material I teach, I recommending a lot of charting verses studying the lecture notes.
I personally ask my students to practice saying the words out loud as they're studying their flash cards and such. I feel this provides both the visual and audio aspect of learning
Lisa, this is a smart approach. It shows what they need clarification on as well.
Michele Deck
Students often think they know the material, because when I discussed it in class, they "got it" but then did not recall the subject matter later. I encuorage them all to "teach someone else" what they learned - it helps them solidify the content and also gives them direct feedback re: if they really do know the material. I also encourage them to work/study in groups on their own time..this brings discussion, different perspectives and good questions to the table from their peers.
