How as educators, can we implement learning strategies that steer away from rote learning and memorizing? How can we implement these strategies to bring conceptual understanding? by Deanna Walters

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Design differentiated instruction for students who personally relate to a specific topic

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Connect learning to experience, we are more likely to remember what we learned when we can tie it to an experience

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Giving students meaning of WHY they are learning a topic (ex.what is Kindness and the Ordinary Mary story helps foster kind behaviour between students who may act out)

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Mnemonics! encourage kids to make connections with there learning so they can build those connections with lived experiences. This helps steer away from memorization and helps them learn through experience.

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ask them questions in ways they would understand (real work examples, catered to their interests)

remind them it’s more important that they understand what they’re learning rather than knowing all the information

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We can implement more student based assessments and reflection activities that help ensure progress throughout the unit rather than quizzes or large exams.