By engaging emotions, students will learn and retain material.
It has been proven that students learn and retain information best when engaging in activities related to new material being presented rather than just sitting through lectures.
9-10 minutes attention span
I have learned that student retained information that appeals to their emotion. They will either love it or hate it for them to remeber it. Anything in between takes 6 times exposure to content to retain in their memory.
It seems that creating an activity, and actually implementing it will take too much class time, but I'm willing to give it a try to change the classroom environment to a more active one where the students stay more engaged.
There are all types of learners and as an instructor you must be able to teach to all of them.
The more active and interesting you make the class the better the retention. Repetition and asking others to give similar examples. Open the student to use their personal experiences.
Always use more time to talk slower. I also use flash cards of what I did the day before to help them remember.
Important to learn the signs of student fatigue.
Just reiterated that repetition is beneficial to remembering a subject or information. The medical field is repetition. I am very interested in learning new ways to present information to my students along with other methods I already use that have gotten positive feedback in the past. Never to old to learn something new right?
Comment on Mary Patricia Dandrea's post:
I learned the importance of repeating/reteaching the subject in various ways in order to maximize the student's learning. With the goal of making it fun!
I find that instead of doing a traditional lecture, I try to tell my students a story, incorporating all the information required. This keep their retention longer and they are more able to retain it.
It was perfect review of increasing student learning and retention
found that it was very interesting that most of learners are visual
Comment on Megan Fitzsimmons's post: I was happy to identify various methods to overcome student fatigue, and re-engage them in class activity. Great points.
I am open to including activities into my lecture to make it more engaging and helping them to retain the information better.
Repetition 6 times in 30 days increases retention by 90%
It takes 6 times of learning a topic to really know and retain 90% of the information after 30 days.
I find my medical terminology class to be effective as far as what the students learn
That the most effective way is visual learning, when applying it you have to be aware of the symptoms and signs that may be present so that the group does not lose interest
