Saturday, September 6, 2008

Dr. Theresa MEL (1-3)


Kaisha Dunne

Step 1:

How much of their information seems plausible to you?


1. Visual: Was my number one choice in our activity in Dr. Graces class. I am a visual person and like to be able to see things so that latter it can jog my memory. If I use visual aids in my classroom students are going to be more intrigued by what i am talking about and it will be more engraved into their memory rather than me standing at the front of the class and talking about a topic with no visual aids. Also if the students make a visual to go along with what they are doing it gives them something to also use as a memory recall.

Aural: The use of music is a good way to keep the students focus and also a good memory jogger. If I was teaching the civil rights movement in a class, for an example, I could tie in music from that era to be able to express the feelings of the people and move students; some may recognize the music and be more fascinated by it. I took a class freshman year here on The Songs of Bob Dylan and I was excited to do my reading; I want my kids to be excited as well. Music is a good thing to incorporate in a classroom and isn’t used as often in secondary education anymore.

Verbal: Verbal learning is the bases of a classroom.. no verbal communication is not an option. I feel like i would be able to easily incorporate this in a fun structured way wether in a game like jeopardy with the topic of the lesson or little sayings, clues or other hints to help the students memorize things. 

Physical: I have ADD and I know how hard it is to sit still or when a teacher yells at a student for doodling and thats how sometimes they are going to focus their best that day. Getting students up and moving and interacting with things is a great way to get them involved in their work. In my classroom I feel like a good way to break down the big topics in history is to break kids into groups and have them come together in the end to collaborate because the load can tend to be big and boring to a lot of students at times. Even a little movement can help keep the kids more awake and motivated, followed by a higher rate of kids feeling like their in a fun, interactive and comfortable environment. 

Logical: Analyzing data and taking a very in-depth look into things is good to deepen the students knowledge and make them more rounded, but at the same time you don’t want to bore them. As a teacher your job is to give these kids information and educate them but in order for them to learn you have to get them engaged. 

Social: Group work, presentations, and performing with and/ or in-front of others is a good exercise for developing communication skills. It’s easy to work in, but it’s just hard to incorporate stuff for the kids who are interpersonal.

2.

Style Scores

Visual

28

Social

20

Physical

18

Aural

14

Verbal

15

Solitary

9

Logical

14

4.? read over

5. 1st choice: Visual 2nd choice: Aural


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