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Explore modern methods such as Trapdoor and Picture Recognition to make learning engaging and memorable for students. Rote-learning is not the only way!
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Does memorising = learning? As much as the old-school idea that: • learners are empty vessels, into which teachers pour our knowledge, and • teachers are the font of knowledge and learners gather it from us, • rote-learning and its siblings; associative, active and meaningful learning are not out of date. How can our learners remember those dates, terms, concepts, equations and procedures?
Does memorising = learning? How? • Trapdoor! • The target text is scattered with optional alternatives/definitions/terms/dates divided into colours. Some options could be all correct or with red herrings. A student leaves the room, whilst the class chooses options. The student returns and reads the text to the class. He must read from the beginning on every mistake. Students then complete the activity in pairs. • Picture recognition! • A picture paints a thousand words! Could mnemonics, acrostics, image-association and be a way of engaging our students’ brains? The brain recognises pictures far faster than it does sounds, words or numbers.
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