After presenting my material on Visual Inductive Thinking, I
feel the use of the model was appropriately followed and pertained to the
learning of this concept. I think the activity including organizing/grouping
different animals kept the class engaged and encouraged them to push their
thought processes by re-thinking and reorganizing the material they were given.
I did follow the model carefully, but I do wish in my explanation I would have
touched on the visual part more, to explain its importance. I did add to the
model by asking the class to compare their two organization strategies. I am
not sure if this helped in their thought process but it did help me, as the
facilitator, understand why they were doing what they did. I wish I would have
been able to continue on with the lesson to help tie up “loose ends” I feel
like I left the class a little unsure of what the objective was of the
demonstration without the completion of the lesson. The presentation and the
handout went well. There was a lot of group collaboration and as a class we
were able to connect all aspects of different types of thinking and learning researches
we have gone over. I think the class participated well and I was able to help
them understand various parts that did connect to different learning styles.
After completing the research and presenting the material I
was able to realize how organized you have to be to bring this type of learning
into your classroom. You have to make sure you, as an education understand the
concept to help your students understand. I do think the class responded well
to this demonstration, but they did voice they thought it was frustrating to
have to rethink and reorganize. That would be a challenge going into the
classroom and helping students with by-in and encouraging them to work through
their frustration. I feel that most of the time my students depend on me to “give”
them answers or to guide them through the process of learning. This would
encourage students to show me what they know and how they piece things
together. Overall I think the teaching demonstration went well and the class
was able to grasp the concept of what Visual Inductive Thinking is.
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