1. Week 3's reading made me more aware of how my students pay attention. Understand they may be using divided attention and can still understand what you are saying to them even if they are not looking at you. This has made me more aware of how I pay attention to different things and people.
2. I think the visual and auditory recognition and attention can go hand in hand. Not every students learns through visual or auditory (may favor one) and I think that will be reflected in their attention.
3. I am clearly on everything up to this point. Although I did struggle with how to relate perception to consciousness.
4. I think being aware of the different types of attention that a student may display in the classroom is important. It will help me as an educator understand the students perceptive.
5. Just like with Chapter 2, the author discusses case studies. I see these things happen in my own classroom as well, reading this just opened my eyes up to it even more.
6. It is important to understand the kinds of attention and consciousness to make myself better prepared to work with students who make show these.
7. I think these would be used for all students regardless of age and or ability. I think that the divided attention could be more apparent in an ADD/ADHD student who becomes easily distracted but also be present in your regular education student.
8. This one is hard to answer for this chapter....
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Week 2 Reflection
1. The readings made me more aware of my students needs and what will help them have the most success. The text helped me to see what my students may struggle with and how I can present or teach new material for a better understanding/comprehension.
2. The reading continues to help me understand how my students learn, helping me realize what needs to be explained more clearly. i.e. In Ch. 1 we read about information processing- breaking down into smaller pieces (deadlines) & Ch. 2 Clark and Mayer: first six principles- text, auditory and visual (all are important, one students may just achieve more with one of the principles than the other.)
3. I find myself sometimes getting the different theories and strategies confused. Having the text to refer to has been helpful.
4. Many of these strategies or principles I already apply to my teaching, although I am just now learning the names of them. I think continuing to incorporate new concepts and trying new theories will help prepare the students have their future.
5. The authors present us with examples and case studies showing how their theories work. Each student is different and each year you get a new group. I think it is important that as an educator you continue to try new strategies/principles/theories in your classroom to meet the needs of the individual students. I also see results from the students currently in my classroom.
6. This concept helps use understand our young learners. Each student learns in their own way, it allows us to alter our strategies to show students different ways they can learn. By repetitive use of the same strategies you will quickly lose the attention of students who do not learn in that way.
It makes me think of the quote: We each learn in our own way, by our own time clocks.
7. I am constantly using this everyday in my classroom. It is geared towards all students regardless of age.
8. I am not quite for sure how to answer this…
2. The reading continues to help me understand how my students learn, helping me realize what needs to be explained more clearly. i.e. In Ch. 1 we read about information processing- breaking down into smaller pieces (deadlines) & Ch. 2 Clark and Mayer: first six principles- text, auditory and visual (all are important, one students may just achieve more with one of the principles than the other.)
3. I find myself sometimes getting the different theories and strategies confused. Having the text to refer to has been helpful.
4. Many of these strategies or principles I already apply to my teaching, although I am just now learning the names of them. I think continuing to incorporate new concepts and trying new theories will help prepare the students have their future.
5. The authors present us with examples and case studies showing how their theories work. Each student is different and each year you get a new group. I think it is important that as an educator you continue to try new strategies/principles/theories in your classroom to meet the needs of the individual students. I also see results from the students currently in my classroom.
6. This concept helps use understand our young learners. Each student learns in their own way, it allows us to alter our strategies to show students different ways they can learn. By repetitive use of the same strategies you will quickly lose the attention of students who do not learn in that way.
It makes me think of the quote: We each learn in our own way, by our own time clocks.
7. I am constantly using this everyday in my classroom. It is geared towards all students regardless of age.
8. I am not quite for sure how to answer this…
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