Activity feedback is important because of:
1. Asseses the students' memory
2. Asseses student understanding
3. Asseses wordformation in Med term
Gail, I'm glad these ideas have helped you .
For a first time med terms instructor these are great ideas and examples. I definitely plan to work crossword puzzles, word searches,and mystery term of the week into my new new lecture.
Thank-you.
Some of my students who are unsure or uncomfortable answering questions in a traditional setting, have a way to show that they understand the material. Less threating to them and a chance to interact with their classmates.
Thanks for sharing your teaching experience.
My students seem to get much more involved and invested in the material when it is presented in competition format.
I've created many crossword puzzles for my classes in the past. There are websites that allow you to create them for free, so you can avoid the purchase price (The Teacher's Corner). I've never used them as a quiz, but I like the idea and will try it. Making games using PowerPoint has also worked well for me. I place students into teams and they enjoy some frendly competition.
You can tell what areas a student is confident in or which ones they need more work on. You can also tell if a student is more outgoing or if they prefer to work on their own.
The learning activities mentioned in this section are great tools for keeping students motivated and to create a sense of competiveness that drives students to the next level of understanding. It is very important for them to retain the information and learning activities gives them an opportunity to test their knowledge without a lot of pressure.
Lisa, I have found success with these, also.
I have used crosswords puzzles and word searches for years now. I also play bingo with my classes for reviews.
I can now use the Cross Word puzzle as a different type of open book quiz, that I think my students will enjoy. I have found that when I'm able to turn an activity into a game, my students enjoy it more and are learning at the same time.
I agree. Our text also has a "Championship Game" that is a review (Jeopardy-type) of all the other activities on the CD. I use it often in-class when we have 15 or so minutes left at the end.
I find that some studetns love word activities and others detest them. For example, crosswords & word searches work well for some students and just confuse others, making them frustrated because of different learning styles. So I decided to offer some choices including a variety of activities that students can do for extra credit and study. Then I reinforce these by doing these different activites as a class or in small groups. It's really made a difference in engaging the students. I've also begun to get studetns to design games of their own to share with the class, which is great fun.
The only one that I have actually tried from this course as of yet is "Secret Identity". For myself it works best with a body system vs random terminology
The type of feedback I have received has been very positive. I have used word searches, crosswords, word scrambles. It's all about repitition and using different forms of it, so that the student remembers the information long term.
Varying the homework format can keep students' interest and also help by reinforcing in fun ways.
I agree!
Its a quiz in disquise. Students who tend to get test anxiety will definitely do better with this. Also, I think it is far more fun and enjoyable to do as homework instead of a worksheet or workbook exercises.
I think crossword puzzle is interesting option to help student memorize spelling on the medical words.
I personally think, the baseball game with medical words may actually be fun, but is impractical in a 2 hr class and doesn't add to student learning.
