repetition works
Sometimes I think that my students get sick of my repeating the same thing over and over again. For instance--how do you find the topic of a paragraph? or How do you find the main idea of a paragraph?
Well the answer is that repetition is one of the foundations of pedagogy. Today they call it revisit or review. Another reason I repeat is that sometimes my students don't get the concept the first--or second time I go over it.
One thing I remember well is the Suzuki Method of teaching music. Repetition plays a huge part in this style of musical instruction. Two quick sayings from Suzuki--
"Dr Suzuki says never be lazy
Practice and Practice until you go crazy"
"If you really want to learn something, repeat it one thousand times."
Well the answer is that repetition is one of the foundations of pedagogy. Today they call it revisit or review. Another reason I repeat is that sometimes my students don't get the concept the first--or second time I go over it.
One thing I remember well is the Suzuki Method of teaching music. Repetition plays a huge part in this style of musical instruction. Two quick sayings from Suzuki--
"Dr Suzuki says never be lazy
Practice and Practice until you go crazy"
"If you really want to learn something, repeat it one thousand times."
posted by eeroots at 4:51 PM
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My mother, also a Suzuki Mom, enjoyed this particular saying of Dr. Suzuki's while I was growing up:
"Practice only on the days that you eat."
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