visual learners
draw on board with color markers, underline,quote and show where on the body it is located with adjacent body parts. Goes a long way.
I have also found out that writing with different colored markers makes a difference with visual learners, especially when you color code the word parts. The students seem to grasp the concept of word building much better.
I have personally realize that the majority of students have this learning style,they learn more when we use the board to draw and write statements but apart from that the board allows us the get feedback from the students and let the students reinforce what we have taught them
I have also found that color can make a big difference in helping students to remember key terms and ideas. Color is especially helpful when "spicing up" the PowerPoint presentations. I have found that highlighting important words and/or phrases in bright colors and adding colorful clip art helps to hold the attention of the students. It also helps students remember the information by associating key words and ideas with colors.
I have found that the colored markers do work well. I am also interested in trying out some of the other learning methods discussed.
From the feedback of the students, they like it and learn more if I try to draw the parts ( example, Digestive system)and explain each one of them their combining forms and functions rather than going into the power points right away.
Mary, it is amazing how the simple use of color can help some students learn.
Michele Deck
I see a huge difference with visual learners when I use a type of color code. Especially with med term. Pre-fixes one color and so forth. I carry this type of exercise over to other classes as well.
In my Coding classes, when we discuss Anatomy. I use Power Points for the body parts. Then I name the indiviual parts. This helps the visual and auditory learners. Most students don't understand the relationship between the body and medical coding. This helps them to understand it better.
