www.saseeduc.net http://www.saseeduc.net Education is our Mission Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:37:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Get Involved in your Child’s Activities, Hobbies and School http://www.saseeduc.net/education/get-involved-in-your-childs-activities-hobbies-and-school http://www.saseeduc.net/education/get-involved-in-your-childs-activities-hobbies-and-school#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:37:23 +0000 admin http://www.saseeduc.net/?p=148 ↓ Read the rest of this entry...]]> It’s probably no secret that children who have involved parents are more happy, healthy, and well-adjusted and excel at their educational and extracurricular pursuits. It can increase their cognitive development, keeps them motivated, strengthens the parent-child relationship, and has a direct positive influence on their overall academic achievement. In turn, it can also help parents achieve a positive outlook on their parenting, increase their own self confidence and self esteem, and will most likely feel more satisfied with their child’s educational experience at school.

 

But where do you get involved? With today’s busy schedules between home, work, and school, it may feel that the average family has very little quality time to offer. However, different options and levels of commitment are available to fit every parent’s availability, and with some careful planning and dedication, you can make it a positive experience for both yourself and your child.

 

First of all, discover what your child is most passionate about. Maybe you’ve thought about volunteering for the school bake sale to raise money, but your child is actually more actively involved in her local Girl Scouts troop. If that’s the case, then get together with the other Girl Scout parents and see what you can contribute to help the troop. Maybe you could organize a bake sale to benefit their next summer outing.

 

It’s also important to consider what skills, talents and abilities you can bring to the table. Maybe your child’s school is in desperate need of your help organizing a fundraiser, but your skills in sewing and designing might better serve the school if you were to help in making the costumes for the school play. Remember, you want this to be a positive experience for both of you, and if your child senses that you’re not happy with what you’ve chosen to become involved in, then they likely will not be happy as well.

 

But the bottom line is get involved and stay involved. Children of involved parents are less likely to get into mischief, have emotional problems, or have problems in school. You benefit by connecting with and staying connected to your child. It’s a win-win situation for you both.

]]> http://www.saseeduc.net/education/get-involved-in-your-childs-activities-hobbies-and-school/feed 0 Hobbies are Healthy http://www.saseeduc.net/education/hobbies-are-healthy http://www.saseeduc.net/education/hobbies-are-healthy#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:34:51 +0000 admin http://www.saseeduc.net/?p=145 ↓ Read the rest of this entry...]]> Hobbies benefit children in many ways. It gives a child an opportunity to express themselves, and it allows them to discover themselves and build self-esteem. They are also great educational tools. A child interested in rock collecting learns about geology and science, and a child in writing stories learns about sentence structure and proper grammar. Hobbies teach children to set and achieve goals, solve problems and make decisions. They can also set the course for what your child becomes later in life as they often turn into lifelong interests or careers.

Children who have hobbies are usually following in their parents footsteps, so set a good example by pursuing your own hobby. Your child will need space for their hobby, so find an area designated specifically for his hobby so he can work on it. Realize that hobbies can sometimes be quite messy, so be at the ready for messes as they come with the territory.

Be available to your child to provide guidance, support and encouragement. This is a great time to teach your child strong work habits, such as following directions closely, setting goals, and proper planning and organization. Show them that nothing worthwhile is ever easy, especially when they begin to become frustrated with their progress. It’s also a good time to teach them about personal responsibility and show them how important it is to properly care for their work area and their ‘tools of the trade.’

Children will be more encouraged to work on their hobbies if activities like watching television or playing video games are limited. It’s been noted by experts that by age 15, the average child has spent more time watching television than sitting in a classroom. Again, here’s where setting a good example is crucial. Instead of watching that four-hour football game on Saturday, turn the TV off and work on your own hobby. Your child may want to join in or work on their own as a result.

Hobbies are rewarding and enriching parts of our lives, so encourage your child to explore his own interests and find a hobby of their very own.

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]]> http://www.saseeduc.net/education/hobbies-are-healthy/feed 0 How Fire-Safe Is Your School? http://www.saseeduc.net/education/how-fire-safe-is-your-school http://www.saseeduc.net/education/how-fire-safe-is-your-school#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.saseeduc.net/?p=121 ↓ Read the rest of this entry...]]> Gail Minger wishes she had asked more questions about fire safety at her son’s school before she sent him off to college. In 1998, Michael Minger, a sophomore, died in a residence hall fire at Murray State University in Kentucky.

“When we visited the campus, we just assumed the residence hall was safe, just like most parents do,” she said. “We assumed it had sprinklers. After the fire, we learned that the residence hall had been written up by the fire marshal’s office two years in a row for not having sprinklers, as well as for other safety code violations.”

Since January 2000, 75 people have died in fires in student housing, according to the Center for Campus Fire Safety, a nonprofit organization that works to improve fire safety on college campuses. Parents may not realize that many residence halls do not have automatic sprinklers.

“Everyone remembers to ask about Internet capabilities and crime statistics at colleges, but too often we forget about fire safety,” said Ed Comeau, director for the Center for Campus Fire Safety. “The truth is that someone who travels is safer than students living in residence halls because many hotels across the nation have automatic fire sprinkler systems and state-of-the-art fire alarm systems. Students should have the same level of safety.”

“Student living means rooms full of books, paper, bedding, curtains, and clothes – and lots of potential fire hazards in a very small area,” said John Drengenberg, manager of consumer affairs at Underwriters Laboratories, a nonprofit organization that tests products for safety. “In this situation, even the smallest spark can be deadly.”

Schools are not required to make campus fire safety information available to the public, Comeau said. He recommends that parents ask the following questions during campus tours:

* How many fires have occurred on campus in the past five years and how many students have been injured or killed?

* Are residence halls equipped with an automatic fire sprinkler system in each room?

* Does every student’s room have a smoke alarm that sends a signal to campus security or the fire department?

* Does the school investigate the alarms before notifying the fire department? This will delay the arrival of the fire department when there is a fire. The fire department should automatically be notified of all alarms.

* Are candles, halogen lamps and smoking prohibited?

* Does the school have policies that require electrical appliances and power strips to be certified as safe and reliable?

* How much fire prevention training does the residence hall staff receive and who provides it?

* What is the school’s disciplinary policy toward students who cause false alarms or fail to evacuate?

* Does the school provide fire extinguisher training for students?

 

]]> http://www.saseeduc.net/education/how-fire-safe-is-your-school/feed 0 Best Online Parenting Advice http://www.saseeduc.net/learning/best-online-parenting-advice http://www.saseeduc.net/learning/best-online-parenting-advice#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:00:17 +0000 admin http://www.saseeduc.net/?p=118 ↓ Read the rest of this entry...]]> All of us want to be the best parent we can be, but we sometimes doubt whether we are doing what’s best for our children. Good parenting skills are learned; we’re not born with them.  But where should you go for parenting advice and tips?  There are hundreds of parenting websites.  Which ones offer the best parenting resources?   Take a look at these sites for valuable parenting tips.

1. Gerber Foods, the baby food manufacturer, has an excellent parenting website, http://www.gerber.com, filled with information on parenting issues for those with infants to toddler-age children.  Particularly useful is their Parents Resource Center, a 24/7 live help forum for parenting questions and problems that arise in the middle of the night as well as those in the more civilized hours.

2. Do you have a toddler that you’re toilet training?  Do you need to share your parenting experiences and get advice on what you are doing right or wrong?  http://www.pottytrainingsolutions.com is a parenting website that offers easy-to-read advice on parenting toilet training.  Their series of helpful  articles and parenting take you through the entire process and the FAQ sections helps with basic parenting advice.

3. A successful parenting website relies on trust and who has better credentials on parenting that the people who have brought us the PBS show, Sesame Street for all of these years.  Their parenting articles on http://www.sesamestreet.org/parenting give advice on parenting toddlers as well as older children.  Recent parenting articles have included “How to Raise an Eager Reader” and advice on keeping your parenting resolutions.  There’s also nutrition information and recipes as well as kids activity ideas.  It’s a great parenting resource.

4. Parents of teenagers will appreciate the free parenting tips on http://www.byparents-forparents.com.  In addition to articles, there are self-tests that allow parents to measure the effectiveness of their parenting techniques.  Another highlight of the site is the open parent/teen forum that gives both teens and adults the chance to share their thoughts.

5. Work-at-home moms can sometimes feel isolated.  Visit http://www.wahm.com to share ideas with like-minded moms (and dads).  There are parenting articles, an active parenting forum, and even a section with job leads, featuring telecommuting positions and freelancing gigs.

6. And, finally, for those times when you need a lighter moment, there’s http://www.parentinghumor.com, a well written website, dedicated to the lighter side of parenting.

Remember that you’re not alone.  All parents need advice sometimes.  There are thousands of parenting resources online.  From parenting workshops to parenting forums, there’s a wealth of information available for parents with children of any age.

]]> http://www.saseeduc.net/learning/best-online-parenting-advice/feed 0 How Does Business Phone Etiquette Affect Your Business Performance? http://www.saseeduc.net/teaching/how-does-business-phone-etiquette-affect-your-business-performance http://www.saseeduc.net/teaching/how-does-business-phone-etiquette-affect-your-business-performance#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:14:43 +0000 admin http://www.saseeduc.net/?p=115 ↓ Read the rest of this entry...]]> Before and During the Call It is important for someone to constantly practice their tone before making an actual phone call to ensure that they can achieve the right pitch, volume and tone of voice when speaking over the phone. This will help the listener over at the other end to interpret what is actually being said beyond the verbal cues.

When you make your phone call for business matters, always begin by identifying yourself, your position, and what company you belong to. Then, indicate the name of the specific person you wish to talk to. But take note that you have to be polite when requesting to speak to that person because you’ll never know when they might be busy attending to something equally important. On the other hand, if you are the one answering a phone call, make sure to assume a professional but pleasant tone. As when you are the one calling, identify yourself and your business organization.

This straightforward approach of phone communication is preferred in the business setting wherein almost everyone works at a rapid pace. Answering or Responding to Phone Calls Another important etiquette feature in a business phone system is the hold feature. This particular feature produces dual results such that it will enable you to attend to urgent cases and still be able to maintain your communication with the person on the other line.

However, there is a specific way to do this right to avoid offending the other person on the phone and to avoid wasting their precious time. If you are about to put someone on hold, make sure to ask them first if they would allow to be kept on hold for a short while. Wait for their answer before you leave and attend to an urgent task, leaving them with no idea where you just went. If they are indefinite about being kept on hold, calmly and clearly explain to them the necessity of attending to another matter while you are talking on the phone. Make them feel that this does not render them unimportant, but that there is a sense of urgency about this other matter. If you are going to cause inconvenience to the person you are speaking to, make sure that you explain it to them fully.

However, make sure to not keep them waiting beyond 30 seconds and be quick when addressing the urgent matter that you promised to respond to while you keep the other person on the line waiting. Leaving Voice Mail or Messages The voice mail option is available for most business phone systems, which enables one to leave a message to someone informing them of what you are up to such that you are not available to answer the call. Hence, it informs the caller instead of trying to guess why the call is not being responded by the person on the other hand. This is especially useful in a business setting wherein people you are communicating with lead a hectic schedule such that they cannot waste even a few minutes trying to connect to you via phone call.

When you leave a voice mail message though, keep it brief and straight to the point. Make sure you speak the words clearly for the person on the other line to understand the message clearly. If you have a playback feature when recording your voice mail, you can play it again to see for yourself whether it is clear enough. Any business professional will appreciate getting a return message to let them know you cannot respond within the time needed.

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Speed reading is vital in today’s business and academic world, with the vast information that the internet offers, and the huge amounts of reading tasks an average manager or student faces, there is really no choice but to try and increase the intake of information.

In the last forty years there has a been an explosion of information, we are living the information revolution and that requires a lot of young professionals a great deal of effort in digesting this information and making good use of it.

Most of the people who attend speed reading courses and classes have some kind of problem, or believe they have some kind of problem, with their reading, here are a few of these potential problems.

Lack of concentration or partial/impaired concentration is an obvious problem for speed reading, the effects of the environment on ones reading rhythm and the general tendency of some people to be able of acceptable reading rate only in ideal situations. This problem is one of the basic speed reading problems and is usually dealt with in most courses.

Poor eye movement may cause some readers to shift their eyes to other directions and than go back to the book or paper to relocated the last point read. This problem also correlates with poor mechanical skills, which can be a real problem in speed reading.

Short attention span is a clear problem, almost everyone knows this problem, you start strong and begin to slow down as you read on. This kind of problem typically creates a situation of going back to re-read some lines over and over again, or a need to read the same sentence a couple of times for lack of understanding or loosing the line of thought altogether.

Reading by heart, when a person reads to himself (muttering the words or even reading out load) is an obvious problem since speed reading is much faster than talking, the reading out load inhibited the ability to read fast and also regulates a slow input of information into the cognitive.

Delayed reaction to information and material – This delay often comes from inattention, reading ahead or distraction. Desire to remember every word – This is loosely related to the tendency to re-read or slow down.

So what can you do to increase your reading skills? Do you really need to try speed reading you should you consider just eliminating some of these problems. The answer is most likely dependent of what you need, no matter what you problem is, you need to address the problem.

To try and read faster, here are a few tips that would get you going. Think of reading as a ‘pick and choose’ activity, where you can choose to read the words and phrases that are critical to comprehension, and skip over the connective tissue.

One major key in speed reading is filtering out all the words that has nothing to do with the subject and naturally, there a lot of them. All the connecting words, basically words that are there to connect one word with the other to make a sentence (TO make A sentence) the “and” “it’s” and “and’s” have got to go, just make yourself blind to them, go over these words and do not dwell on reading or noticing them.

Practicing time reading is also good, set up a timer and see how much you read in one minute, and in five minutes. Try and honestly estimate how much did you get from the text (make sure this is something you read for the first time), and try to beat yourself at this over and over again, until you start to feel that you have moved up one level. Experiment with different texts, and try to find books with text that has some questions about what you just read so you can apprise your understanding. Evaluate your situation every time you do this, reading faster sometimes mean that you will make more mistakes on understanding the subject, you should start making “mental notes” while reading so you will not fail answering the questions.

Train yourself to read more quickly by forced timing. If you are a runner, training for a race, you go out and run every day and you try to improve your time or your distance.

Set a timer and run a reading race every day for two to four weeks. You do not have to spend more than five minutes on this exercise. You may become frustrated, at first, by the fact that you cannot read as fast or remember as much as you would like.

Practice makes perfect, and this is the most basic thing you can do to increase your reading speed, in two weeks you should see some improvement, and you should work on the weaker aspects of your reading skills. This is the start of speed reading, and once you master the basics you will be on your way to becoming a speed reader.

Dr. E.N. Cishe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Now that college has opened the door for you and you safely got in with a full time scholarship in your hands, you can and have to be happy about what you have so far accomplished. But don’t get too excited. If you think that the strain is over and you can now relax for a bit you are wrong. College is the place where the actual strain starts. You could be one of the best students in your class and best athlete at school, but it doesn’t mean that you will keep the crown without proving it. You’ll have to work pretty hard to prove that you are right, for you’ll compete against the best of the best.

 

During your first days at the university try to take a closer look of everything to understand the system. You have to be aware of every detail that might be useful to you in the future. You have to know the system of assessment, due dates of all the self-studies, location of all needed offices, and schedule of all clubs you are willing to attend. Examine this information and build your daily schedule taking into consideration every trifle. Make sure that you have enough time to study and to rest. At the same time you can see that you are indeed ahead of the program a bit and possess more knowledge of some disciplines than others.

Don’t think that it means to sit back and relax, because it will not do you good. Maybe it can be used to build your authority, but it won’t give you any credit in your friends’ eyes. They’ll think that you are trying to show off. This is, frankly speaking, not the best way to present yourself. Certainly, you’ll get acquainted with a lot of new people so you are to think what to do and to say to make friends and necessary contacts. You have to be very accurate with your studies and not to postpone important events.

 If you get sick and tired one day, which is probably going to happen, don’t forget that it is your future you’re trying to arrange and every delay, every mistake misleads you. You have to cope with a lot of different tasks that you were not quite familiar with before. Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. Look through your works attentively, research every detail you have doubts in and you will make a successful student.

Being an active student, don’t forget that on-campus life does exist. You can be involved in various clubs. If you are an athlete you have excellent opportunities to become a leader not only in a team. That will show your ambitions and of course keep you in shape. Are you talented in arts, music, and theatre performing? Go on and try yourself in a more serious role. Who knows, your extra curriculum activity may become your calling instead of what you planned to be when you have entered a college. If you show that you are active in every sphere of your college life, you’ll gain great authority and have a lot of fun.

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When the words “distance learning” are used, it’s often with the idea of achieving a degree or attaining a specific certificate. But what if your company needs specialized learning opportunities?

Or what if you are a small company and simply don’t have the means to hire a teacher to help your employees gain a specific skill? The answer could very well be an elearning class from one of the companies that offer special course work.

Managers around the country need some basic skills that are the same from one business to the next. If a manager has a degree, he usually has at least the basis for managing a business. But what happens when the needs of the company change? Or when it’s time to get updated training for the manager?

A few decades ago, a manager would simply have continued to use the skills he already had without ever really getting any new training. The company’s dilemma is evident – the manager can’t be spared from his current duties to attend classes for updated training, and the company is less likely to prosper if the manager continues to use outdated management practices. Elearning is an answer for that problem.

Specialized coursework is especially efficient for companies with personnel scattered across the country (or even around the world). Consider the company that has offices in several countries. The managers all need some updated training and getting a special course put together means they’ll all be operating on the same page.

The course can be offered either as distance learning with all employees who will attend “meeting” online at a preset time, or as elearning with employees being required to finish an online course in a set period of time.

What could be better than a united business with consistent business practices? Accountants, bookkeepers, secretaries, security people or any other group could be brought up to date on government requirements and company policies.

Perhaps your company is undergoing growing pains and it’s time to help your employee base increase basic knowledge. Offering distance learning or elearning opportunities in specific areas can accomplish this while benefiting both the employee and the company.

For some companies, providing their own elearning sites could be a great benefit for business. Imagine the selling power it would add to tout an online training course in the use of a particular product or service. With the technology available, it’s possible to create custom distance learning or elearning courses, often with personnel already on staff.

Find out why distance learning lets anyone go back to school. Discover what you need to look for in a distance learning program, and what you should avoid. Click http://www.distance-learning-exclusive.com/

Dr. E.N. Cishe

 

]]> http://www.saseeduc.net/education/how-e-learning-helps-develop-special-skills/feed 0 Get It Out Of Your Head And Into a Mind Map http://www.saseeduc.net/education/get-it-out-of-your-head-and-into-a-mind-map http://www.saseeduc.net/education/get-it-out-of-your-head-and-into-a-mind-map#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:00:47 +0000 admin http://saseeduc.net/?p=89 ↓ Read the rest of this entry...]]> Do you ever feel like you have some great ideas, but when you sit down to write them, they’re not so great? Or even worse, you can’t really get a sense of what the ideas were? In one of my graduate student coaching groups we have been discussing the difficulty of translating partly formed ideas into words on paper. One technique that makes use of a normally underutilized part of our brain is called “Mind Mapping.”

What is a Mind Map? Tony Buzan, who created the word “Mind Map” and has written extensively on it, describes it as a powerful graphic technique that makes use of the way our brains naturally work. He says it has four characteristics.

1. The main subject is crystallized in a central image

2. The main themes radiate from the central image as branches

3. Branches comprise a key image or key word printed on an associated line.

4. The branches form a connected nodal structure

How Do You Mind Map? Mind mapping is best done in color. If you have some markers or colored pencils, and a sheet of white paper, you’re ready. If you don’t, just use what you have. Start with the central idea that you are trying to wrap your mind around. It could be the big picture (e.g. your next chapter) or a smaller idea (e.g. the next few paragraphs.) Write it down in one or two words at the center of the paper, and draw a circle around it. If there is a symbol or picture that you can put with the words, sketch that in. The idea is that you are activating the non-verbal side of your brain. The quality of what you draw is not important, since you will be the only one seeing it. The same is true for the ideas you come up with. Don’t edit, just put in what comes to mind.

There are no rules for the way to proceed from here. I tend to break rules, anyway. The way my mind works, I start thinking of related ideas, categories, and ideas, which I write in little circles surrounding the circle in the middle. I then use lines to connect them. Tony Buzan likes to draw curved lines emanating from the center, and write the related or associated ideas on the lines. The result looks like a tree emanating from a central spot. My technique looks more like a bunch of lollipops.

As you continue to add associated ideas to your outer circles or branches, you continue to draw the connections. You will notice as you fill them in that there are cross connections that appear. I find it helpful to draw lines between those interconnecting ideas.

How Does a Mind Map Help? The brain is an associative network, and the right hemisphere (in most people) is responsible for non-verbal, visual, associative and much creative thinking. Normally when writing, we are mostly making use of our left hemisphere, which tends towards the analytical, one-thought-at-a-time approach. Our internal thoughts, however, are not shaped like that. Thus we have a roadblock as we try to get our brilliant thoughts on paper.

By using a Mind Map as a starting point for thinking, you can bypass the blockage and feeling of overwhelm caused by overly analytical thinking. The Mind Map allows you to see more than one thought at a glance, and in doing so helps clarify your thinking. It shows the way ideas are interrelated (or less related than you thought.) It allows more access to creative, non-linear parts of your brain.

How Can Grad Students and Professors Use Mind Maps? At this point, you’re probably thinking, “How is it that Gina writes so brilliantly and clearly? How does she keep all her creative thoughts straight?” The secret is that I use Mind Maps to write my articles. So it’s not a high IQ but my Mind Mapping skills that got me where I am today.

Here are some helpful ways to make use of Mind Mapping.

1. Use it for brainstorming ideas for your proposal or new research project.

2. Make a Mind Map of your next chapter or the one you’re currently stuck on.

3. When planning your career, make a Mind Map to show the pros and cons of your available options.

4. Use a Mind Map to take notes.

5. Mind Mapping can help keep you awake and interested in your subject.

6. Prepare for an upcoming meeting with a Mind Map and use it to explain your ideas.

7. Use it in teaching, both to prepare classes and for handouts.

Play around with Mind Mapping. You’ll find it’s a refreshing break from the one-foot-in-front-of-the-other way that we approach many things in life.

 Grab youself a free copy from http://www.xmind.net, the best Mind mapping and Brainstorming Software tool.

Dr.E.N. Cishe

]]> http://www.saseeduc.net/education/get-it-out-of-your-head-and-into-a-mind-map/feed 0 Four Learning Styles http://www.saseeduc.net/education/look-ahead http://www.saseeduc.net/education/look-ahead#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:12 +0000 admin http://saseeduc.net/?p=77 ↓ Read the rest of this entry...]]>  There are four learning styles that most people fit in to. Visual/verbal, tactile/kinesthetic, visual/non verbal and auditory/verbal. These four learning styles will help you to understand and process any information given to you. Once you know which style you fall in to, you can begin learning the best ways for you to study.

The visual/verbal learning style means that you learn the best from viewing information both visually and in a written format. It works best for you when your instructor uses the blackboard or an overhead projector. If the most important parts of a lecture are put into a bulletin format or used in an outline, you will find it much easier to follow along. Textbook information and class notes will be a great way for you to study and when you’re trying to retain information or remember something, you often can “see” it or picture it in your mind.

Of the four learning styles, the visual/verbal person will want to use color coding to help them retain information from books or notes. Highlighters and different colored pens are a great way for this learner to absorb information. Summarizing important information from your notes or textbook is another good way for you to retain what you have learned. This person might also try flashcards, diagrams, illustrations and print-outs to aid in studying.

The second of the four learning styles is visual/non verbal. This person learns best when they are presented with pictures or visual aids. Instructors who incorporate film, videos, maps or diagrams will hold the attention of the visual/verbal learner. You may not find study groups helpful and would prefer to work in a quiet room. If you’re trying to remember something, you might picture it in your mind. These learners often tend to be very artistic.

To aid in your retention of information, the visual/non verbal learner should try using flashcards that have important information on them. Illustrating them with pictures and symbols is another good way to help the information to be retained as well as using highlighters and pens.

The third of the four learning styles is tactile/kinesthetic. This learner enjoys “hands on” activities in the classroom. Any type of lab setting or field work will help this type of person to understand the information given. Instructor’s that provide their students with demonstrations, presentations or student learning experiences will be helping the tactile/kinesthetic person learn.

Lectures might be hard for this person to sit through, and that’s why it’s important for them to sit in the front and take notes. Spelling shouldn’t be a concern when you’re writing notes and you should write down important words you here or draw pictures to depict them.

When you’re studying, try incorporating action into it- read when you’re on the exercise bike or walk back and forth while reciting information.

The last of the four learning styles is auditory/verbal. The auditory/verbal learner works best when information is given to them in an oral format. Lectures and group discussions work well for you and listening to audio tape information is a good idea too.

To study more efficiently, you might want to join a study group or find a person that you work with every day for a few hours on certain material. Read information out loud and tape record your lectures.

 Dr E.N. Cishe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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