Question:
I find at uni that there appears whether from tradition or whatever that there is a leaning towards the belief that everyone learns best by lectures.
I think this is a stupid idea, for instance I personally learn best by reading lecture notes/text book examples (which some lectures provide (which is brilliant)) but the overall thing is that you should attend your lectures and if you dont you should get no help.
I find the idea that everyone learns best the same way is odd.
So let me know:
- How do you learn best
- Would you prefer they did different styles of classes rather than just lectures.
A quick side note, when i do attend lectures i get very little out of them, i get more by reviewing them/ the topic later in half the time of the lecture.
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I learn best by taking notes on class lectures. No, really, I do. For some reason, when I write something down, it helps it stick in my brain. It's probably related to my semi-photographic memory. It also helps if I have a professor who is a good lecturer.
My ideal learning environment is a very structured series of class lectures, with minimal manual "copy-and-paste" from powerpoint slides [et al] and maximum manual note-taking from spoken lectures. That's about what I get in all my economics classes, and I hardly even have to study outside of class to ace the [ridiculously hard] tests.
In His love,
Nate
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Originally Posted by Nate I learn best by taking notes on class lectures. No, really, I do. For some reason, when I write something down, it helps it stick in my brain. It's probably related to my semi-photographic memory. It also helps if I have a professor who is a good lecturer.
My ideal learning environment is a very structured series of class lectures, with minimal manual "copy-and-paste" from powerpoint slides [et al] and maximum manual note-taking from spoken lectures. That's about what I get in all my economics classes, and I hardly even have to study outside of class to ace the [ridiculously hard] tests.
In His love,
Nate
Nice.
Thats almost the exact opposite to me. If i take notes I either stop listening and write without realising what i am writing. Then later i can never read my writing.
When i do go to lectures i remember what the lecturer says without notes (sometimes in exams i can remember exact sentaces) im just much more efficient not at lectures.
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Originally Posted by adamwagg im just much more efficient not at lectures.
How do you know.... have you ever actually gone to a lecture?
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I also learn best by going to the lectures and taking notes. It always helps to write stuff down. For my biology class I hand write the notes in class then type them up later to review, it helps before the exams.
I also do well with hands on stuff, give me something to hold and look at, for example; today in my biology lab there was a drawing of a heart and stuff labeled on the paper but they also had an actual pigs heart that you could go up and look at while the TA showed the different parts. For me that works well too.
I don't ususally get much out of listening to someone talk, I get bored easily so it helps writing, I have a few classes like that and my paper is usually filled with pictures and stuff like that. Then there are the times when I'll just forget completely what we were doing or what I am supposed to be doing, kind of like now, I got out of bed to check the lock on my door and somehow ended up here.
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Originally Posted by Simo How do you know.... have you ever actually gone to a lecture?
You are so funny. Hahaha
Yeah i went to at least half maybe even 3/4 in first year so take that.
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I actually learn quite well by lectures, depending on the teacher. My history/ethics teacher is a very good ethics teacher, and writes on the board as he goes (much easier than PPT).
My Spanish teacher NEVER focuses solely on visual learning. She does everything to get us to learn (we listen, we talk in pairs and to her, we sing, we walk around doing things, we act... yeah). My music teacher has us apply what we're learning by playing, often, which helps. In Ethics and History there's always room for questions and discussions.
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I'm a weirdo. I'm a visual-spatial learner. I don't do well with baby steps. Give me the big picture and I'll get it. Give me baby steps and I'll fall asleep or get really, really annoyed because repetition is stupid. I don't make flashcards or do any of the typical things because they bore me.
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I learn well from lectures.
I learn even better from writing things down.
I'm a visual learner, so for my non-power point classes I always make sure that there will be an Expo marker - by carrying my own.
Taking notes is a MUST for me, but that is something that I control so it's not an issue.
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Originally Posted by Jozeca My Spanish teacher NEVER focuses solely on visual learning. She does everything to get us to learn (we listen, we talk in pairs and to her, we sing, we walk around doing things, we act... yeah). My music teacher has us apply what we're learning by playing, often, which helps. In Ethics and History there's always room for questions and discussions.
Thats really good. I love it when lecturers make it so that you apply what you learn. It means that you actually grasp it and can put it to good use.
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I'm like Nate and do well taking notes in lecture. If I don't, my semi-photographic memory fails me, and I do badly. But if I take notes and listen, and review those notes periodically I do just fine.
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Originally Posted by Wheatmeister I'm a weirdo. I'm a visual-spatial learner. I don't do well with baby steps. Give me the big picture and I'll get it. Give me baby steps and I'll fall asleep or get really, really annoyed because repetition is stupid. I don't make flashcards or do any of the typical things because they bore me.
Right on, as one knows, a picture is worth a thousand words.