Chapter 16
Nothing secret really, but really good ideas for first time teachers.
1. I used to have trouble remembering student names until someone in my zumba class suggested I use the new name in three sentences like:
1. Patricia has dark brown hair.2. Patricia is a regular jogger.3. Patricia likes aname.
Three sentences together offers the beginning of a story where a name has expanded context, where additional brain circuits are triggered, which helps convert short term into long term memory. I’m a narrative learner.
2. Sometimes, especially if a long time had passed, remembering a returning student’s name was beyond my memory. I imagined they would feel let down when this happened. After this happened the third time I put together a three ring binder with the cover:
Special Guests
Sign In Book
In it, my guests would find a page to write: Class of: _____, “catch me up”, What I liked best, and to leave contact information so they could be invited back as a guest speaker. As they entered their comments, I’d peek at their name. It’s a good feeling when people call you by name.
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