The semester is really starting to feel like it’s on a downfall no till the end! I don’t know about all of you but I plan and will be busy busy busy these next 5 weeks!! One to last week’s class. We discussed facilitating learning and about how everyone has their different styles of learning. I discover that my top two ways to learn were verbal/linguistic and then body/kinesthetic.
I light to talk about things a lot, I have found that it helps me remember them better for when I might have to reproduce them in the future for either a test or just simply for my own knowledge. Not only do I reproduce things I have learned verbally, but also through visual notes where I rewrite, highlight, reread, and reproduce learned items continuously. When it all comes down to it, the more I reproduce what I am learning, the more familiar with it I am and the better I am at the better I am able to remember important knowledge.
By choosing body/kinesthetic as my second best method of learning, I was thinking in broadness about how I like to exercise and pay attention to health. While I am exercising (like on a machine for example), I find that I am more alert and pay attention to what I am reading better so I’m not just reading things over and over again that do not get registered into my memory. Not only do I learning things better academic wise, but I also feel better physically by exercising. I have always known to be true that the better I feel physically, the easier things come and better I am at arising challenges academically as well as in other areas of my life.
Learning is another thing that is unique about every individual. I realize that we all learn differently and need to be taught differently. I plan to better understand all methods of learning so in the future those that I teach can learn the material in any way that suites them best.
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Rachel-
ReplyDeleteI completely agree about the "reproducing" in studying. I try to talk to anyone and everyone about something I have learned in class in order to remember it better. I feel like if i can teach it to someone else, it means I really know it. Also, staying physically active is really helpful with academics too. Even just walking to class before a test can help me feel more focused and energized.
-Chels
I agree with you as well Rachel! I have always heard that the best way to learn is by teaching it to someone else! I know this works for me and I have heard many other people say it works for them too! I think you have a great start to being a terrific peer mentor next fall.
ReplyDeleteI also find reproducing what I have learned to be a very helpful when I am trying to learn something and remember it. Exercising and doing readings at the same time are great because when you are done you feel like you have killed two birds with one stone...at least I do!
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