Clint Harrison

I have had some specific difficulty in helping students that have disabilities, especially because of one of the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. As an instructor, we are not allowed to approach a student with a disability to ask if there are any ways we can accommodate. We have to wait for them to come to us. I have one student in particular who had difficulties in completing computer work (and completing certification tests)because she had suffered a stroke and had almost no use of her left arm. The only thing we could do in our department was… >>>

This section really makes sense if utilized in setting up a class. If the first thing that a student sees when they walk into a room are the targets for the day (along with any equations, etc.), this will trigger the Primacy method, At the end of the class, reviewing all of these areas will also then trigger the Recency method. Meanwhile, injecting humor and anecdotes into the teaching will often get things going emotionally, showing how the concepts reach an end result, or showing pictures of the steps along the way will trigger visual learning, and utilizing various steps… >>>