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Post by Judy on Oct 5, 2020 9:42:59 GMT
Thank you for all your comments last week, I thought we would continue the discussion this week with a commnent that Anne left on the FB page
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So, my question is: what about those pupils who have very little or no visual memory. What I mean is, I think in pictures, and so do many right brain thinkers but I read somewhere a while ago that some people do not think in pictures or even words. I may be wrong but I wondered if anyone has seen this or thought about this?
So do you think visualisation works for everyone? Have you come across children who cannot visualise?
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Post by Linda on Oct 5, 2020 12:13:09 GMT
I'm not sure if the reason was due to the inability to visualise, for a small group motor vehicle students I taught a few years ago. Though they insisted on just having worksheets and were not at all interested in build up activities, games etc. IT saved me loads of time in planning lessons, though not as much fun! I do remember one learner, when I taught medical underwriting, mention that she was very much auditory and visuals didn't work for her. She accused me of using visuals to help me teach rather than the learners learn?? I do use them to help me teach but I think the vast majority of my learners do react to visuals. (I was dreading the end of course feedback from this learner, but she was actually very complimentary - phew!)
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Post by clairemartin on Oct 5, 2020 17:53:41 GMT
When reading Anne's question, I thought about aphantasia which is characterised by an inability to voluntarily visualize mental imagery. Which left me wondering if some learners are unable to visualise because of this. I need to read more about it but it is reported that people with aphantasia can struggle to visualise things which are very familiar to them, for example faces of family members or familiar places such as a beach. I'll have a read more about it but maybe someone on here knows more about it.
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Post by Judy on Oct 5, 2020 18:03:42 GMT
Hi Claire, thanks for your comment. I am not aware of aphantasia, but will try and look into it, it sounds very interesting.
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Post by Sue Carter on Oct 7, 2020 15:00:19 GMT
Some of my students have certainly find visualisation difficult, in maths but also in English, where they seem unable to 'paint' a picture in their heads to visualise what the writer is describing to them. It's as if their imaginations just shut down and they can't 'see' anything. In maths, when a student is moving on from manipulatives, I try and encourage them to picture the manipulative (maybe a number line, 100 square or place value grid)in their heads to use it to work out the answer, just as if they had the real thing in front of them. For some it works, for others it doesn't.
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Post by Judy on Oct 8, 2020 8:42:46 GMT
It's interesting isn't how some people can imagine much more easily than others. We can't assume that everyone has the same visualisation skills as oursleves and that does beg the question as to what we should do for these learners to help them retain a mental image of the maths manipulative.
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Post by Anne on Oct 10, 2020 9:18:12 GMT
I've just had a look at aphantasia, that's what I was talking about. I first read about it in regards to speech and language as they can't imagine the words they want to speak so they don't know what is going to come out until they have said it. I have seen a quick and easy test to see who has it so may do that on all my pupils this week. I'm not sure how to teach them any other way. Any ideas anyone?
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Post by Judy on Oct 12, 2020 16:26:02 GMT
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Post by Trish Ghirardello on Nov 7, 2020 0:35:36 GMT
Thanks for the link Judy - interesting topic.
How do you get/ buy Sharma's visual cluster cards? I think these are so useful for checking students and also for teaching.
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