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i review at the end of every class session, and after every client is finished. learners then can keep a good working knowledge of every haircut or chemical service being rendered and have a hands on review several times a day.
Hi Jason,
You raise a good point about a negative aspect of doing a review. I haven't experienced this with my students so I appreciate you raising this caution. It is something that we need to be on the lookout for. Your strategy for doing the Q&A is a good one since it is a review in one sense but it is based upon the questions that students ask so the information covered is really targeted to them.
Gary
Hi Audie,
All of these strategies are supportive of students and gets them ready for the assessments. Good way to help your students to get settled in feeling confident that they can be successful on the tests.
Gary
I have found reviews to be counterproductive to what we are trying to accomplish. I find students will tend to wander more in the halls, and spend less time paying attention in class because they know that the information that is going to be on the test will be covered in the review. I see students who are more focused on memorizing the review than on actually learning to be a technician.
I will conduct a question and answer period prior to giving a test. I find that this is a good way to let the students indicate what they are struggling with, so that I may help them. There are drawbacks to this strategy. First of all, you will get some classes where students do not ask questions. Secondly, some students ask a lot of questions that may not be found on tests, so that if other students are trying to memorize the answers they can be lead astray.
Obviously we want our students to become good technicians, but many times they are simply too focused on being a good test taker.
I do reviews before the test to see what they know or dont. This is the time to make sure they understand the material about to be tested on.This is always done by me asking questions that are related to the test. I give the about 25 to 30 minutes prior to taking the test to study.
Usually 10 to 15 minutes and this is done toward the end of class.If the subject matter is of high interest or importance I feel the extra time spent reviewing the topic is time well spent.This also allows me to judge how well the students absorbed the material and allows me to make any changes to improve learning.
Hi Henry,
I like the way you use the different strategies and activities to get the students to use the material that has been covered. The more they use it the greater their retention of it is going to be.
Gary
Hi David,
Thanks for sharing this strategy with us. This is a powerful learning tool because the students get a comprehensive review that sets them up for the current class.
Gary
since we have no reviews I try to go over the information several times, in many different ways.
I will have them verbally hear the information,I will have write the information,and if possible had them interact with a componant if possible , bringing all their sences in play.
I have developed crosswords puzzles that reenforce the topics discussed in class. We also have question and answer papers. The students are expected to use this as self learning material at home or during non class time. I like to use this review material for tutoring sessions for those that would like to come to class early and review the material
My reviews usually are 30 mins before the end of class.
I teach in a culinary school, and the reviews are all based on the techniques learned in the lab, the ingredients that can be used with each technique and the multiple outcomes of each techniques.
I then throwout random items to see how they would employ the different techniques to see if the get the point and its proper uses.
Before the start of class the next day,I randomly again throw out items to see if they remember and are able now to use the new items for the new days activities.
The course is set up with a Prerequisite Review in the beginning that takes about 2 hours. Each day the previous day’s workstations are reviewed taking about 1 ½ hours. This helps the students to know exactly what they should have picked up from the previous day’s lesson.
A typcial review is questions and answer is around 30 minutes depending on the students.
Hi Errol,
This is a good strategy to help students to pull together the content for the students as a form of summary. This way they can store increased amounts of knowledge in their working memories.
Gary
We do precourse reviews that take up most of the 6 hour day. After each lab rotation, 4 stations usually, we review all the hands on learnings the student performed for that day, usually about 1 to 2 hour review. Review is a main part of our program.
Reviews are a big part of the type of training that we provide the students , when asked to perform tasks in lab it is important to go ahead and make sure that everybody got the job done and also understood their tasks .
Reviews are a vital part of the learning process. Repitition is retention. Students need that reinforcement of the previous days material.
Hi Gregory,
This is a good strategy to follow as you know based upon the results you are getting from your students. Thank you for sharing this with us as I know it will be of help to other instructors as they decide how much and when to do review.
Gary
I generally review the previous lesson at the beginning of each class. I spend about 5-10 minutes
reminding my students about what was taught during the last class. I then connect the previous lesson to the lesson of the day .
i go back and touch on key points and give them time to ask questions. i alot about 45min