Posts Tagged ‘comprehension’

Moving Away From Lectures: Visual Learning Supports New Learning Models

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Tweet Scientific studies support many different ways of working with students to enhance learning. In one recent study that was published in Science Magazine, Louis Deslauriers and his colleagues found that learning focused around problem solving, discussion and group work had a higher level of engagement and more than twice the learning and comprehension compared Read more »

Visually Tell a Story

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Tweet Every lesson in the classroom tells a story. Whether it’s the story of how rain evaporates, how dinosaurs became extinct or how the seasons change, everything can be framed in a narrative. In fact, there’s a lot of evidence that supports teaching with a storytelling method. What’s more is that you can couple this Read more »

Begin With the End in Mind: Purposeful Visual Learning

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Tweet It’s widely understood that visual learning can improve students’ comprehension, retention and critical thinking in the classroom. Yet, you can’t just throw any visual learning activity into an assignment and expect enormous results from your students. These visual learning tools, be it graphic organizers, compare and contrast diagrams, plot summaries or character analysis webs, Read more »

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