Hey everyone. I am your discussion leader for this week. In the opening paragraphs of chapter 8 in Zull’s book, he
recalls a time when he gave an amazingly effective lecture and how everyone
seemed to be entirely engaged only to realize the next day that none of the
information or concepts stuck with the students.
Toward the end of the video, Doolittle lays
out some strategies for how to increase memory retention. This is where I'd like to begin our discussion for this week, using some of the following questions as a guide.
- · What are your thoughts on the video?
- · Can the strategies discussed in the video be applied when teaching?
- · If so, which ones and how?
- · Do we already apply some or all of the strategies mentioned when teaching?
- · Are some of the strategies--such as visualization--more effective than others?
