Lights. Sound. Action.
And their effects on learning.
Did you know...
- The need for sound remains fairly consistent during the elementary school years but increases as adolescence begins and, as that stage passes, appears to return to its previously normal level.
- The younger children are, the less light they need; but about every five years most children require significantly more light than previously.
- Boys tend to require more mobility than girls and, thus, find sitting for any length of time difficult.
- Eight studies within the past decade reveal that when youngsters were taught with instructional resources that both matched and mismatched their preferred learning modes, they achieved statistically higher test scores in modality-matched, rather than mismatched, treatments
- In addition, when children were taught with multisensory resources, but initially through their most preferred modality and then were reinforced through their second or third choice modality, their scores increased even more.
Check with your child to see how lighting, temperature and sound affects his learning. Use this information in creating a study place at home.
Read more LearningBuzz articles.