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David,
Good strategy. You are taking the segments and showing the students how they contribute to the big picture. This will enable the students to see how they need to learn in a progressive way if they are going to be successful in their field.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I try to remember that a lot of my students have little to no experience in my subject, so I start at the basics, simple to retain concepts and will build upon that in smaller steps. I will wrap up by then showing them how the small parts build the big picture.
Once the understanding of all the small parts and pieces have been completed, then, the big picture can be explained. The segue or transition of bringing everything togather is very fun and rewarding.
Ranee,
This is much like answering the question, "How do you eat an elephant?." Answer: "One bite at a time." This is how students need to see the content being offered. They see they can acquire the content through segments rather than the entire chapter in one setting.
Gary
Dr. Gary Meers
This method is good to use when you are teaching a long chapter, breaking the information down into small parts helps them to process it much better.
In my class, we start with a foundation by breaking down the new information. I use short and easy terminology. Use plenty of examples. Once the student can grasp the basics, it is easy to build on their learning.
Omar,
Good plan. The more graphic introduction you can make the greater the retention of content is going to be.
Gary
By introducing the 'system' as a whole,the students get a concept of how the end result of the operation works. Then, by going into detail,and going step by step, the student learns how each part contributes to the whole.
KEEP it simple to start ELECTRICAL is not an easy course. You don't need to impress with fancy terms or fancy MATH.As there knowledge and confidenc increase you can proceed to more complex circuits.Then they will go from I R A TECHNICIAN to I AM TECHNICIAN.
I like to use pictures of the systems we are discussing. as we progress through the explanation of the system i encourage the students to write key notes on the picture. Also I like to use key words or phrases that have come up in other discussions, phrases that are funny or provacative in one way or another, the students seem to remember these things very easily and make reference to them as the course proceeds.
I try to simplify as much as possible. One of the biggest problems I notice is they tend to overcomplicate things. I attempt to help them for overthinking it and confusing themselves.
Steve,
It sure does because they can see application and relevancy to what they are learning. These two components are necessary to keep the students engaged.
Gary
When I can get the students to relate the course content to there real life, it seems to have the most impact.
Kenneth,
So important for effective instruction. If the students don't understand what is being taught they are not going to be engaged. They need to see value to what is being offered.
Gary
the power point presentation, the pictures I draw on the board to support power point,the training aids of components I pass around the class, the discussions that develope,I then help students see how the components come together,then we will go to lab to see how it really looks and how it works. and most of all I tell them how important it is to take good notes.
i break things down by using my own wordsm, relate to things/experiences the student can bring into thier heads, try and make it easy for them to store and retain. Not everything you learn has to be retained "proper", as long as you remember it and are able to reuse the information, that is what is important.
I call it down in the dirt simple......sometimes I think we tend to make it too complicated. If we break it down to the dirt and put it back together it makes any subject easier.
During my course the student learns about the proper way of communicating with a customer to obtain the needed information to repair the vehicle correctly on the first visit.
The customer has all the necessary information that the technician needs but has no clue of what’s important and what is not. When talking to customers we need to filter out the non-important information and ask certain types of questions to get the necessary information that is needed.
To get the necessary information we should avoid using specialized terms or acronyms. If those terms are the only way to explain what needs to be done or what is happening with their vehicle make sure the customer understands what these specialized terms or acronyms mean.
Sometimes when the customer does not fully understand by using a different way of explaining it using a topic that the customer is more familiar with, such as food as an example, we can get the customer to better understand what is happening when their vehicle is acting up.
Same principle applies when my student is struggling to understanding a concept. Food seems to be a universal language to use.