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…