Consuelo Garcia

I like the overlearning idea used with the different scenarios.  I can incorporate something like this in my business essentials class when it comes time to make decisions about products to sell in the school store.

I have used the carousel lesson in my business essentials classes a lot.  However, my computer based courses don't work well with it.  I really enjoy a good discussion about illegal/legal and ethical/unethical  and so do my students.  I will continue to use this method and tweak it as needed.  

I learned that students retain information in the beginning of the school year and the end and that the in-between time of the school is when they slump in retention.  So what does this mean for our semester long classes in high school?  That they only retain what is taught in September through October and forget what is taught in November and December?  Why do we give end-of-course exams for semester long classes and end-of-year exams for year-long classes.