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Jennifer , thanks for telling us your success story with this method.

Michele Deck

I love the post it note idea. It sounds like fun and would definitely help with retention!

I created a game where it was labeling and the students had to label the body parts. They were in teams and we had 2 skeletons and the medical terms were placed on the cards and they had to put them in the correct place. And the first team to complete wins.

Jeopardy. The students love it We divide students into groups and have a point system. The winner earns Bonus points towards their exam. We have a lively time as students in groups work together to try and earn those extra points.

tammy, I like that you are conducting two rounds with the second as a timed competition. It sounds like a great idea!

Michele Deck

I use a matching activity of terms. The actual term in on one card and the definition is on another. Depending on how many people are in class I either have them work alone or in a group first time around it is just to match them the 2nd time I see who can do it the fastest.

Mary, thank you for sharing your successful activity. I'm going to try this one at a class this week. I appreciate your success and willingness to share it.

Michele Deck

I have done an activity in which I made index cards with medical terms or diseases on them, taped these to the whiteboard. Then there will be two or three teams standing in front of the whiteboard. I will present the definition of the word and the first team member to snatch the word off the white board wins. We do this until all the words are gone off the board. The team with the most points wins. This is extremely fun!

I have used jeopardy in the past. Some of the students found it helpful and fun.

Hello Saroj,

We utilize this technique as well. We have found it to be of great benefit to our students, we have use the same technique for the muscles origin and insertions.

I agree ....we have used that for 7 years and it's always effective.

Good idea. We do bone labeling exercises on diagrams, but this sounds a lot more fun using post it notes to write down & label the bones on a skeleton. It would be a good activity to break between lecture, as well.

Brenda, this idea helps to focus students out of themselves and onto others. This can benefit them when they are seeking jobs after school is over for them.

Michele Deck

I use an ice breaker in which I have the students stand one by one and tell something memorable about themselves until all students have revealed something about themselves. The first student has to tell something about one of the students that they remembered about another student until all the students have had an opportunity to tell about themselves. It is a great way to see how well students remember information.

Mary , this is a great way to use randomness for each of the students, so they have the same chance as anyone else to pick a "hard" or "easy" term.

Michele Deck

I have used hangman, bingo, spelling bees,and drawing a simple diagram or chart on the board and having them take turns placing the correct labels in the correct spot. They pull the labels out of a hat one at a time.

One of my favorites to do is a form of Hollywood squares. Three students go up front and pick which Hollywood star they want to be. The remaining students in the class takes turns. They pick which celebrity they want to answer. The instructor then asks the celebrity a question. They can choose to answer correctly or incorrectly. The student from the audience has the choice to agree or disagree. If they disagree they have to say why and what they think the correct answer is.

Thanks Scott, I really like the question bee approach to review for an exam. I think I would choose a few of the best questions to add to the test. I also love the post it notes idea.

I have used hangman,potato man, legos, and in the past students have come up with their own games including concentration, jeopardy,etc.

Victoria, thank you for all the hard work you do one on one with students who benefit from your talents.

Michele Deck

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