If you guessed including some practical information or some real world activities, then you are on a right track. Even better, if the class or textbook included opportunities for practice with new knowledge, that would also attract many Convergers. The difficulty is that traditional higher education definitely emphasizes the type of learning preferred by Assimilators. Convergers can be interested. Divergers fit a little. Accommodators do not fit with traditional methods of college instruction, except in such things as sports, music, theater, or arts. Can you imagine a basketball coach giving an hour lecture on the theory behind shooting off a screen, or an art instructor giving a three hour lecture on how to hold a paint brush to achieve a certain result? Explanations are short, and then students try things out and receive feedback as they are doing things, adjusting their work as they are learning more. Applications Please list three applications of this information for your own teaching. 1. 2. 3. Now, how about three questions you have about how you might implement
If you guessed including some practical information or some real world activities, then you are on a right track. Even better, if the class or textbook included opportunities for practice with new knowledge, that would also attract many Convergers. The difficulty is that traditional higher education definitely emphasizes the type of learning preferred by Assimilators. Convergers can be interested. Divergers fit a little. Accommodators do not fit with traditional methods of college instruction, except in such things as sports, music, theater, or arts. Can you imagine a basketball coach giving an hour lecture on the theory behind shooting off a screen, or an art instructor giving a three hour lecture on how to hold a paint brush to achieve a certain result? Explanations are short, and then students try things out and receive feedback as they are doing things, adjusting their work as they are learning more. Applications Please list three applications of this information for your own teaching. 1. 2. 3. Now, how about three questions you have about how you might implement