As a learner, the reason that I wanted to become a teacher was to play more games at school because that was my favorite time to learn. My teachers played Jeopardy, buzz games, group competitions, etc to get me excited about learning and studying subject materials. I am definitely a visual learner that needs hands on practice and experience to teach my brain to go through the kinesthetic movements for muscle memory purposes. I do enjoy drawing and doodling while listening to retain the information. That being said, I took the "What is your learning style quiz" and the results shocked me after reading that most people are Visual Learners. My Results: 36% Visual Learner, 32% Auditory and 36% Kinesthetic Learner I couldn't be more well rounded in my learning styles. I would love to do this with my staff and with my students for their own learning purposes and for teachers to empathize with their students and to reach more learning styles with each lesson. As a teacher, with many kinds of learners with disabilities and various styles of learning I realize that attention to the subject at hand is so crucial to student learning. As I studied goal setting and mindfulness towards learning to read with already struggling readers last semester, it is really glaring back at me how important SLANT and paying attention and active listening are during direct instruction and the students ability for intake of information into their brain. There really is something to be said for designing content in a way that learners can better conceive, process and connect to it. Overall, I found that these readings were very helpful and a powerful tool for my place in the workplace right now. I took copious notes, even though I had trouble tracking much of the brain anatomy talk. My favorite reading was the Visual Connection because it really related to all parts of my life and I could access that information and use it immediately to figure out people in my life and make connections with them today as a result.
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