Link to First Article on Kinesthetic Learning

The link at the bottom is to an article I found on implementing kinesthetic learning into the classroom. I especially liked how the author layed out feasible steps to organizing a kinesthetic learning activity. It labels educators wrong in thinking kinesthetic learning is simply incorporating simple little things into already planned out lessons (i.e. walking to the front to get papers). There were several important questions from this source, that would prove helpful to hang out to! They are listed below:

First, how could students misinterpret the rules? If

they do, how will you get them back on track? Second, how many times will the activity

be performed? Is there a purpose in repeating the activity? Will repeated the activity

result in the same outcome? Lastly, are there variations of the activity that will highlight

nuisances of a concept or introduce a more advanced topic?


Link to article: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/jvt002/Teaching/ASEE2008-Tranquillo-FinalPaper.pdf

The article also brought up valuable assessment/evaluation strategy ideas for kinesthetic learning. I was glad to see this, because I did have reservations about how to assess (either formally or informally) action strategies. They are less likely to produce a tangile product, like a written activity or objective test. One idea this author had was post-processing and why it is important. I added a quote about it below.

"Post-processing may take many forms including minute papers, out-of-class assignments

or class discussions. If a discussion is to be conducted, it is helpful to have an outline of

questions, prepared in advance, to keep the dialog moving forward. One simple question

is to ask for modifications to the activity that may have analogies to the concept. An

interesting variation is to split the class into groups. Each group develops their own

interpretation of the meaning of the activity, which they share and discuss with another

group."