memorization techniques for student--suggestions?

Tue Oct 8 01:43:46 UTC 2013

I prefer the Anki site to quizlet, but have never compared the differences in making one's own flashcards.  Not sure if flashcards are the right way to go.  Perhaps he is kinesthetic?  Autistic learners tend to be sensitive to patterns, partial to games such as billiiards and bowling where angles (patterns) produce results.  I would ask him what kinds of activities appeal and try to find ways to connect successful learning approaches in other areas  with vocabulary learning.  Autiistic students may not be very garrulous, but they can be very sensitive to language and have rich vocabularies.  I recommend talking extensively with the student to learn more about where his interests have intersected with successful learning experiences, and what has produced the strengths that enabled him to enroll successfully at the U. of North Carolina.  Clearly he has been successful.  So to what does he atrtibute that success?  These are the strengths to build upon.

Pat Chaput
Harvard University (retired)
Tufts University
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Possibly a very dumb idea – or maybe not – have you tried asking him to code the vocabulary? IE, associate the letters with numbers so that he can memorize them in a way he is comfortable with (so long as he can code them back, of course…)

Not sure at all what his abilities are – and this might be too roundabout to work, but perhaps with suggesting…

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Judith!

An online suggestion: the site quizlet.com allows students to make their own flashcards. The idea in itself is not novel, but I (and my students) have been impressed by the multiple ways this particular site allows students to practice and test the material. There's the usual flashcards, but it also allows for matching, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank exercises; it also has a couple of games students can play. Your student might find a particular exercise (or set of exercises) useful.

Best,

Nicole

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German & Russian Studies
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University of Missouri
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Subject: [SEELANGS] memorization techniques for student--suggestions?

Dear colleagues,
I have a student who is a highly functioning autistic learner—he can memorize strings of numbers with no problem, but cannot keep vocabulary words in his mind. Has anyone encountered this before, and if so, do you have useful suggestions? Thanks so much in advance.
Judy

Dr. Judith E. Kalb
Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
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