Homework usually relates to work done in class. It's not uncommon, however, for students to sit down with their homework and draw a complete blank on what they've done and heard in class. Inevitably, parents say, "You were just in class today! How could you forget what you did?"
Although many things can account for this, for now we're going to focus on just one: the student doesn't know how s/he learns and, therefore, isn't able to utilize the best tools for his or her learning style.
When a student has no clue as to how s/he learns, a good first step is taking a Learning Style Inventory. The three learning styles are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Some of us learn in one way, in particular; some of us are a mixture of all three. Determining how we learn is essential to finding the proper tools to facilitate learning! We will address these soon in follow-up blogs. Stay tuned!
