It can be very hard for someone who is fascinated by a topic to understand when or why a student does not think about that topic with curiosity and depth. Is it possible to merely memorize facts and not question them or link them or categorize them into a broader and more interesting understanding? Of …
Tracking study techniques offers you 3 benefits. The first 2 benefits are the possibility of discovering which study actions are the most beneficial, and whether or not you need to try something new. If you make note of how you prepared for a test and then look over your techniques right after getting back the …
In another post I talked about having students organize their new knowledge around frameworks of interest. A corollary of that is for them to find examples of what they are learning about, or when actual examples are not possible, to find symbolic examples of, what they are learning about. The properties of water and of …
Frameworks for Interest Just like the absorption and re-deposition of calcium re-shapes a bone even after it is done getting larger, your students’ ideas and knowledge are constantly re-modeled. It is easier for them to utilize their new knowledge within a framework of what they already know, aligned with their current interests than it is …
This is a Simon Says type of exercise which, due to the multiple steps and use of anatomical terms, and the final addition of a riddle, gets students thinking and moving.. and moving and thinking… and learning! The exercise was developed, tested and shared by the faculty of the Health Science Department at Lock Haven …
Once upon a time, in my earlier life, I was the only white server in a Chinese restaurant run by Hispanics (that didn’t speak English let alone Chinese). I tell you this because it gives you the foundation of explaining protein synthesis. Many times students confuse the terms Transduction, Translation, and Transcription. This story is …
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The question can be more important than the answer…. at least if it is a question that motivates a student to find an answer. Learning nomenclature can be dull, there is no doubt but if questions involve more than pure fact, perhaps even a little imagination, the learner might just find things to be interested …
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Help your students cast a net for enhanced learning by stringing ideas together into a network of connections and explanation. Both concept maps and mind maps are like graphic organizers but they emphasize much more inter-connectedness between the ideas and explanations portrayed. There is a simple and on-going exercise for using these tools in your …
It seems to me that the world becomes less and less conducive to quiet thought or insight… activities that can only aid a student studying complex physiological processes (or anything for that matter). Your students are juggling a lot of input, much of which is presented with lots of bells and whistles. The young ones …
LISTENING SKILLS DRAWINGS: Making connections between A&P and the rest of the world – through listening attentively to a description and then drawing what is described will involve lots of varied thought and create many connections. Students will need paper, pencil or pen and two different A&P drawings or diagrams for each pair of students. …