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from the Inspired Teachers Scholarship FAQ page |
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Q. What is visual learning?
A. Visual learning techniques—graphical ways of working with ideas
and presenting information—teach students to clarify their thinking
and to process, organize and prioritize information. Visual diagrams
reveal patterns, interrelationships and interdependencies. They also
stimulate creative thinking.
Visual learning techniques help students to:
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Clarify thinking
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Students see how ideas
are connected and realize how information can be grouped or organized.
With visual learning, new concepts are more thoroughly and easily
understood. |
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Reinforce understanding
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Students recreate, in
their own words, what they've learned. This helps them absorb and
internalize new information, giving them ownership of their ideas.
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Integrate new knowledge
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Diagrams updated throughout
a lesson prompt students to build upon prior knowledge and internalize
new information. By reviewing diagrams created previously, students
see how facts and ideas fit together. |
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Identify misconceptions
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Just as a concept map
or web shows what students know, misdirected links or wrong connections
reveal what they don't understand. |
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