{"id":2664,"date":"2015-07-29T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2664"},"modified":"2015-07-28T09:05:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T15:05:19","slug":"how-to-re-teach-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/07\/29\/how-to-re-teach-something\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Re-Teach Something"},"content":{"rendered":"Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"look\"This post is a further exploration of the “How do we re-teach something?” question raised in a previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suppose, for whatever reason, you (the teacher) realize your students didn’t understand something you have already ‘covered’. What should you do?<\/p>\n

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  1. Ignore it and conclude that those people don’t deserve to be here if they didn’t get it the first time. to my mind, this is NOT acceptable, but I know more than a few people who do it.<\/li>\n
  2. Repeat yourself. – not as effective as we’d like, but does sometimes work.<\/li>\n
  3. Draw pictures.<\/li>\n
  4. Enlist help from class members who do get it.<\/li>\n
  5. Have them explain what they DO\u00a0know – maybe there is a simple misunderstanding early on that messes up what comes after.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The LAST thing you should do is conclude they just aren’t smart or motivated enough to get it.<\/p>\n

    ALWAYS start off assuming that they didn’t get it because YOU didn’t present it in a way that worked for them.<\/p>\n