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February 19, 2006 04:19 PM

The Way They Learn

The Way They Learn Workshop
Presented by: Cynthia Tobias
Blog by: Sherawn Reberry

Watch for more to come!

Posted by sherawnreberry on February 19, 2006 at 04:19 PM in Pedagogy & Learning Styles | Comments (2)

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"The Way They Learn" continued this morning with Cynthia Tobias. She opened the morning by allowing an interactive discussion regarding her presentation the night before. It was interesting how many of the audience was able to associate with what she was saying. Before we left for break Cynthia left us with a few tips:

1. Give students a chance to interact at least one time every 15-20 minutes, even if it?s only for 1-2 minutes a time.
2. Give kids a chance to learn about the way they learn best?this will at least give the students the knowledge of how to set up a study environment at home.
3. Give kids good things to talk about?when we teach something significant, a murmur breaks out?you have just taught something, so give them a chance to talk about it. The noise level is a good indicator of how well the students get the concept.
4. Give kinesthetic learners? two assigned seats, one in the front and one in the back. Let them move between the chairs at their convenience.

Posted by: Sherawn Reberry at February 20, 2006 10:17 AM

After the morning break Cynthia continued describing how to work with the strong-willed children. She explained, "The vast majority of teachers care that their students learn." The best thing we can do is focus on our customer, the student: teach them how to focus on their strengths and teach them to understand in order to become confident learners!

Through this part of the session Cynthia offered the following tips:
1. Remember, there is no pure style?we are a mixture of different learning styles. It?s more important to figure out how a person will perceive something, rather than try to figure out what a person is. Cynthia explains, we should be more concerned with understanding behaviors, and less concerned with trying to fit people into a category.
2. Teach kids the terminology?teach them to ask for assistance.
3. Talk to teachers with the same four words, as a parent, ?What can I do?? Ask the teacher for ideas and strategies, ways to cope with the situation.
4. Strong-Willed Personalities:
a. Don?t have trouble with authority?have trouble with how you communicate your authority. Hold accountable?motivate and inspire. Yelling takes away your authority.
b. Don?t need to control you?don?t need to have all the control, just can?t let you take all control away from us. Still need to have control over myself.
c. The quality of the relationship you have determines the effectiveness of your communication strategies. Respect each other?it?s a two way street.
5. ?Smile at me more often.?

Don?t forget that Cynthia?s books are for sale near the registration booth.

Check out Cynthia?s website at: http://www.applest.com/

e-mail Cynthia: applest@aol.com

Posted by: Sherawn Reberry at February 20, 2006 11:52 AM

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