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richard rosado
richard rosado

learning

students need to learn to become contributing members of society
Gregory Gunter
Gregory Gunter CHEP

Repetition

A colleague and I use repetition to try to get students to grasp difficult concepts, and found that our success rate was higher than others in the past who didn't use repetition.
George Zajacek
George Zajacek

Retaining information is the goal

Hello, Retaining information is the key. In order for the student to apply the knowledge they have to be able to retain and recall.
George Zajacek
George Zajacek

The content has got to be useful.

Hello, Conecting the use of information with the information gives value and purpose to it. The only problem is that students in new fields may not know what is required.
George Zajacek
George Zajacek

Input

Hello, Effective learning involves recieving the material, recalling it, using, and storing the results.
George Zajacek
George Zajacek

Storage

Hello, Memory is a tool used to combine new knowledge with previous. In combination we grow and build our base.
Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor

Decoding

Have you ever had problems caused by communication breakdowns when both the message sender and message receiver speak the same language? The difficulty of decoding could be language but what's about prejudices, assumptions, cultural differences and preconceptions!!!
Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor

Expectation

What's if the expectation of the teacher is greater than the school's expectation?
Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor

Pruning

Identifying the problem, understanding why it exists, developing solutions and evaluating the results give the reason to the student why he or she should learn the subject.
Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor

Memory

Memory, also called storage, as teacher we must give the storage's keys to the students in order for them to utilize what has been stored inside!!!!
Kathleen Vossenberg
Kathleen Vossenberg CHEP

Mnemonics

I'm so glad to see a discussion of mnemonics. I teach the dining room service course in a culinary arts college and use mnemonics every time I lecture/demo on how to set a table for formal dining service. It really helps students remember more easily what they need to do. Our mnemomic is "4's on left, 5's on the right" meaning that a fork (f-o-r-k has 4 letters) goes on the left (l-e-f-t has 4 letters). Knife and spoon have 5 letters and they go on the right (5 letters). Works everytime !!!
Isabel Dzamko
Isabel Dzamko

Guided Notes

Guided notes help when students are uncertain about what to study. THis keeps them focused and teaches them to decode inforamtion.
Deborah Polynice
Deborah Polynice

Decoding

In South Florida there are many immigrants for which decoding do not work well. Often times these learners do not have a large vocabulary and therefore are unable to comprehend many concepts. Their rush and need to get an education so that they can earn a living often deters them from adequately preparing for school by attending ESOL classes.
Deborah Polynice
Deborah Polynice

Learner Needs and Expectations

It was noted in the reading that adult learners do not like to be held up in cumbersome regulations. In preparing students for the healthcare field having them to follow the rules and regulations that they sometimes feel are cumbersome is very important. Employees’ failures to follow some rules and regulations in the healthcare field cause many patient deaths and/or serious illnesses.
Dana LaMantia
Dana LaMantia

Memory

Hello Everyone! In reviewing the lesson, it is important to share with students various techniques that will effectively assist them in retaining information. Through varying strategies students are able to make the best of their learning environment and truly strive for success. As instructors, it is important to share these various strategies and give them numerous opportunities to be successful.
Heidi Kranz
Heidi Kranz

brain development

I just had a quick question. In the overview it states that the brain is fully matured at the age of 25. However, I thought there has been more recent studies indicating our brains are actually continuing to mature and develop even through our fifties,sixties, and beyond.
Wanda Bailey
Wanda Bailey

MI_Wanda Bailey

I have found that MI has really empowered my students in the learning process. WB
Wanda Bailey
Wanda Bailey

Topic 1_Wanda Bailey

It's important for the instructor to meet the needs of the student in his/her place of comfort with respect to learning styles. WB
Wanda Bailey
Wanda Bailey

Decoding_Wanda Bailey

The process of decoding is so vital to our students. The 'largeness' of the project is frightening in light of the new educational experience. To that end, I have a system of starting my students on the tricycle and then taking the training wheels off during the mid-term/latter section of the course. WB
Deborah Polynice
Deborah Polynice

The Working Evening Students

It is so true that by the time the student reaches the evening class he or she has so much stimulus from the events that occurred ealier in the day. The instructor has to create an atmosphere inwhich she or he can grab the student's attention in preparation for the new learning that is needed.