tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2955198898226137587.post8025133773860104218..comments2010-11-13T15:26:54.662-08:00Comments on Blogs, blogs, and more blogs...: Blogs, Blogs, and More Blogs!Sara Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177385753408276304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2955198898226137587.post-57536589885133834582010-11-13T15:26:54.662-08:002010-11-13T15:26:54.662-08:00Learning styles: Worth our time?
http://blog.cathy...Learning styles: Worth our time?<br />http://blog.cathy-moore.com/ <br />My thinking of learning style left-right brained thinking have me re-evaluating my teaching style. Normally, I observe students, checking if they are learning and how they are learning. I have always observed learning styles to reach my students. Now after researching learning theories and how the brain works, my teaching is now gravitating towards learning theories and instructional methods.<br /><br />The blog “Learning Styles: Worth Our Time brought up some interesting points. For one the blog stated that learning style studies are weak. I disagree, because in my observations of students I observe the best way to reach my students. For example, in teaching Social Studies I was teaching concepts of North Africa. In the textbook there was a picture of an 800 year-old church in Lalibela, Ethiopia. The church was carved from solid rock entirely below ground level. As always, I pulled down the map (too bad I could not have taught this class using multimedia tools) to locate Ethiopia which is in North Africa. A week later I brought in a photograph that I have in my living room that my brother-in-law took of the church. The picture was taken looking down at the church, so you can see a cross on the roof. The students were able to have a discussion about Ethiopia and the church. My observation of this lesson said that the students connected with this lesson because the lesson was visual and auditory.<br />The blog stated that we should build learner’s metacognitive skills and use formative assessment. As a teacher I must have an environment to help the learner develop self-regulation skills and at the same time have formative assessment. Hopefully by the end of this class I will be able to incorporate many new skills in my classroom.lgwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11499569750923987267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2955198898226137587.post-28808244416123692172010-11-11T16:46:06.871-08:002010-11-11T16:46:06.871-08:00Thank you Sara M...
I love the Cathy-Moore Blog. ...Thank you Sara M...<br /><br />I love the Cathy-Moore Blog. This site delivers the quick bites of remember to's and make sure you do not do's.<br /><br />I learned a lot of quick tips rapidly and will use this in my job. <br /><br />Pam :-)PamMorrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872560716556195315noreply@blogger.com