Re: [MOSAIC] College Help

[Girt]

Can you give me a short example of how you do this?  
Do you write out your own definition of what you've read? 
 
As far as rote memorization goes, that's how my son got through high  
school.  He has close to a photographic memory so he would memorize  everything 
for his tests.  He wasn't actually learning anything.  
Just a sequence of words that he could repeat on a test.  This really  
reared its ugly head in college when the amount of information became  
overwhelming.  
 
 
In a message dated 3/7/2010 6:31:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
w.be...@gmail.com writes:

I don't  know about the word "abstract" but the challenge has to be to
"translate"  the "abstract" into concrete ideas and concepts he can
grasp. Writing  ("translating") is reading comprehension -- being able to
identify or  reproduce information in some kind of identifiable terms for 
the
self and  the exam.
I don't visualize when I read per se, but this translation idea  helped me
pass all my philosophy classes with flying colors once I  discovered to do
it.
There is also the gross neglect and disdain  (contempt) for rote 
memorization
in modern education that is annihilating a  generation of students from
learning/studying certain subject matters in  college.
I hope this helps your son, it helped me and I had/have struggled  with
dyslexia and some kind of ld for all of my life.
The other  suggestions are, of course, very good as well.
Good luck!



On  3/7/10, medwa...@daltonstate.edu <medwa...@daltonstate.edu>  wrote:
>
> Karen,
> Has your son spoke with the Office of  Disabilities at the college?  They
> are most helpful and can  recommend avenues to pursue.  If he has been
> legally disagnosed  as having a learning disability, he can receive 
services
> of OofD and  because of their efforts, his work can be modified and
> instructors  must adhere to the guidelines/requirements set forth.
> Seek their help  first; otherwise, the frustration you and your son feel
> will only  exacerbate.k
> Mary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Carol Lau
> Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010 3:11 am
> Subject:  Re: [MOSAIC] College Help
> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension  Strategies Email Group"
>
> > Linda Mood Bell teaches  visualization to learning disabled students.
> > ----- Original  Message -----
> > From:
> > To:
> > Sent: Saturday,  March 06, 2010 3:04 PM
> > Subject: [MOSAIC] College Help
>  >
> >
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> >  > My son is 21 years old. He is a Junior in college and
> >  struggles despite
> > > working extremely hard. After years of  trying to determine
> > why learning
> > > is
>  > > so difficult for him, a neuropsychologist discovered that he
>  > does not
> > > visualize AT ALL when he reads or when he  listens.
> > >
> > > I have read The Mosaic of Thought  and have followed the
> > mailing list for a
> > > couple  months now trying to figure out how to help him.
> > >
>  > > We tried IdeaChain by Mindprime over the Summer and had some
>  > success but
> > > the work he is doing in college is much too  abstract for me to
> > try the
> > > methods used in that  program.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas on how  I can help him with subjects like
> > > Biology/Physiology,  Statistics, or any other college level material?
> > >
>  > > Thank you!
> > >
> > > Karen
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