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Jennifer, that is based on the Ebbinghouse curve of forgetting and is certainly proven in the classroom.
Michele Deck
When teaching medical terminology I definitely believe repetition has to be used and I was glad to know that students need to be exposed to key points 6 times to be able to remember it.
Margaret, it is encouraging to see that you are planning ways to review now. I hope this class offered some ideas you can use.
Michele Deck
My goal is to do a different form of review every week. 1) Med term Pictionary using the white board 2)Create a med term story 3)Utilizing med term magnets to play a match game 3)Around the world-med term edition. Keeps them on their toes!
I make learning fun because of review time; with games to help them remember. They always love it!
Jennifer, repetition is a brain friendly tactic that is essential in a class and on the job for learning new knowledge and skills.
Michele Deck
I use repetition as a tactic while teaching. My students catch on very quickly that if I am repeating something than it must be important and tends to capture a new interest in them
Mary , multiple visits to can help improve the students' ability to learn and remember.
Michele Deck
Angela, repetition is essential in learning, it builds skill and knowledge.
Michele Deck
Holly, this is a fundamental component of involving and engaging your learners.
Michele Deck
I completely agree with you. Repetition helps a lot. Students have the tendency to forget information immediately after they hear it for the first time. Repeating information 2 to 3 times can help them retain whatever is being relayed to them.
I want to put myself in the students position, just as I would for my patient. I want to have fun and not to be lectured at for hours on end either. So I try to make my class a class I would be happy to take.
Excellent point Teresa, it is very important each student feels confident. In my class we all have to participate and break apart the medical terms aloud in class out of the text. It uses repetition and everyone has to take a turn. If they have trouble with a word I hellp them out and no one has their pride or feeling hurt. By the third class everyone is more confident and comfortable. I know it causes stress the first few weeks but they all come to class prepared.
Although I don't always succeed, I try to keep the class entertaining with games. We have spelling bees, play hangman, and have electronic flashcards. After taking this module I now realize that I do not expose them to the same content enough.
I would like to be a learner in my class because even though I have repetition of the same material, I try to present it in several different ways or activities, so that the students are able to see it from different perspectives, helping them to understand and retain the information.
Ruth Ann, I like the example you give of using a potato in learning body directions. Thanks for sharing it.
Michele Deck
I try to teach medical terminology in a fun way. We use legos to "build medical terms" and I even have them use a potato in learning body directions. We also do a lot of review.
Emily, thank you for sharing the ways you engage your learners throughout of class.
Michele Deck
I play jeopardy in my class at least bi weekly to ensure repetition over all pertinent material. I also like to weave humor into my lecture to ensure they are engaged, as well as have them take turns reading power point slides and give real life examples to help everyone feel a deeper connection to the materials.