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As children develop, they are expected to meet the demands of the educational system. But what if there are learning difficulties or other problems that get in the way? Research shows that while learning problems are the cause of many educational ...
According to the dual coding theory (1), we process verbal and visual information through separate channels. We’ve written about how to study using dual coding (and the article was recently picked up by Digital Promise); we also had a student write about how she uses dual coding to study ...
How do you present visuals such as diagrams, charts, or graphs to your students? Perhaps you follow the contemporary approach by displaying a diagram on a PowerPoint slide and explaining what's shown on the slide. Or maybe you prefer the "old-school" ...
This is the final post in a series of six posts designed to help students learn how to study effectively. Today’s post is about dual coding – a method of studying where students combine visuals and words.
Hey! Let's play a little game. Read the two sentences below:
A. Lar gibbons have white fur around the perimeter of their faces.
B. Mandrills have blue, red and yellow coloring on their faces. ...
Another barrier to consider is that students may simply not know that quizzing is better than re-reading. It’s easy enough for us to get caught up in the literature and assume that students and even teachers all “know” about ...
