As a teacher you want to give students information in a way that enlightens the broadest audience. Many teacher are now using that buzz word "differentiate" to explain this method. You want to give information in a way that your auditory, kinetic, and visual learners can all gain from the experience. To differentiate instruction, the educator will use a variety of strategies and methods to teach students on varying levels of readiness, while actively engaging them in the process.
We all do not learn the same and neither do your students. A short clip, along with reading a paragraph or two that explains the topics, and then doing an activity giving students hands on experience is one of the most effective ways of teaching. You can also incorporate technology to help reach these different types of learners.
This method is often used with students that have special needs because they may not be able to hear or see. It gives them access to the information in a nontraditional way. But that is not the only time it is used. In a general education classroom, you will have varied learning styles where the same methods can be incorporated. Even if you are home schooling more than one child, you want to differentiate.
There is not always time in the day to incorporate all of the methods at once. In those cases, you can follow up the lesson with a learning style not previously used. Students need to learn and retain more information than ever. We must do all that we can to effective present the information and then allow them to experience what they have heard.
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