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Re: students still not getting it

From: Maggie White (mwhiteaz)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 18:14:30 PST

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    Woody Duncan wrote:

    > I demo one step at a time and tell them we will worry
    > about step two and three later.

    I usually have to do it this way, too, even for HS. My students are mostly LEP, and
    also have trouble with sequencing steps (they are very right-brained learners).
    Today we started learning about mixing colors, and believe me,
    it...was...very...lockstep...one...thing...at...a...time. But they all got it.
    Later I can show them them what the finished product will look like, and guide them
    through more steps.

    > Today my new 6th graders
    > discovered the old fashioned stuff called carbon paper.

    Heehee! I use it when we are preparing designs for block printing. They are totally
    entranced by the stuff. Did you know that there is a type of carbon paper made
    especially for pencil? It takes much less pressure so doesn't tear so easily.

    In the same vein--old-fashioned supplies--I can no longer show them my slide of
    Oldenburg's Giant Typewriter Erasers. It just takes too long to explain what they
    are!

    Maggie

    > Aaron and Jennifer wrote:
    > >
    > > Argh. Frustration is beginning to settle in again. I have this class
    > > that no matter what I do, they don't understand the project.
    > --
    > 

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