Chapter 5 presents many interesting processes that ultimately make up the human mind. The section which I relate to on a daily basis in my classes is that of Memory and Brain Processes where it was reported that “people’s memories for words with their memories for pictures of the same objects show a superiority effect for pictures. The superiority effect of pictures is also true if words and pictures are combined during learning.”
In chorus, I have found that when introducing music symbols, students are more able to grasp the material when I show the symbols versus when I simply write down terms.
In composition, I currently lecture along with a power point presentation. Last semester when I divided my classes into two, one with power point and one with standard lectures, I found that those in my power point classes where more engaged and attentive when words and pictures where flying across the screen. This year I use power point in all my classes in order to tap into more of their multiple intelligences (linguistic, logical, spatial, interpersonal, musical) that were presented in Chapter 4.
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