Some people say drill and practice is really "drill and kill." What can teachers do to make sure this kind of use doesn't happen and drill and practice can serve a useful function?
One way that teachers can make it more exciting for students is using software that is related to the drill and practice. Also when doing this you need to make sure you have actually taught your students the information and not just stick them in front of the computer and expect them to just pick up on it. For me the best way for me to learn things like math is to practice how working it out. Flash cards are a good thing for me as well when it comes to learning definitions. They have so many software programs and stuff on the internet that children can use to help with the drill and practice technique. They consider this fun because they don’t feel that its work they feel that its more of a game. They don’t feel that its practice and boring.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Chapter 7 Discussion #11
Some educators feel that distance technologies will greatly improve education; some feel education will suffer if they are overused. What are factors you can cite in support of each of these positions?
Some of the negatives about distance technologies would be the fact that the dropout rate is higher with distance learning then it is when the students are in regular school settings (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). Also not all students can succeed in online environments (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). I can see how this would be something that not all students can do. It takes student that is very self motivated and very organizational to do well in online classes. Some positive about distance learning would be that they are more cost effective then they use to be and students that are very well structured will really succeed in these types of courses (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). I agree I really like online classes I try and take them because it is convent for me to take them being that I live so far from most of the schools and I am a very structured organized person. So I can see where the positive and the negative come into affect here.
Some of the negatives about distance technologies would be the fact that the dropout rate is higher with distance learning then it is when the students are in regular school settings (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). Also not all students can succeed in online environments (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). I can see how this would be something that not all students can do. It takes student that is very self motivated and very organizational to do well in online classes. Some positive about distance learning would be that they are more cost effective then they use to be and students that are very well structured will really succeed in these types of courses (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). I agree I really like online classes I try and take them because it is convent for me to take them being that I live so far from most of the schools and I am a very structured organized person. So I can see where the positive and the negative come into affect here.
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