TABLE 6.2: SOME PARTICULARLY GOOD WAYS TO CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING:


■ Ask your student(s) to restate in his or her own words what you explained. ■ Have students statically demonstrate positions in a movement pattern after you have described it. These first two steps are especially potent when used together.


■ Ask specific questions that check for depth of understanding. Rather than asking your students, “Do you understand?” Ask questions like, “Tell me why it is important to be in this position at edge change?”


■ Develop creative, nonverbal means to check for understanding. For instance, raise your hand to the highest point and identify that as representing total clarity, then lower your hand to the lowest point possible and have that represent total confusion. Ask the question, “Based on this scale, show me where you are with regard to what I am asking you to do?”


■ Ask students to draw in the snow the shape that you are asking them to make with the snowboard.


Always try to direct or redirect students toward meaningful data, solutions, or to a highly-specific focus. After years of experience (on-snow and off-snow), student beliefs can be deeply ingrained. As a result, you need to present clear information and empathetic observations for students who hold onto beliefs blocking their ability to understand and accept change. It’s while you’re checking for understanding that you can zero in on past beliefs and create new ones.


DEBRIEF THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE


Debriefing the learning experience is typically thought of as something that happens at the end of the lesson. However, debriefing should happen throughout the lesson, as students accomplish goals, achieve insights, and accumulate successes. Recognizing positive results strengthens bonds with students, as well as their connection with the mountain resort. Te instructor:


■ Engages the student to draw out experiences and insights using a variety of techniques.


■ Reviews goals and objectives with the student and elicits accomplishments. ■ Encourages sharing stories and celebrates success! ■ Previews the next opportunities and/or steps, encouraging further development. ■ Establishes independent practice guidelines. ■ Invites the student to return and continue their learning and experience.


THE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP Te Learning Partnership is all about tapping into your empathetic capacity. As empathy increases, so will your ability to understand the feelings, perceptions, and needs of your students. Open your mind to the practice of partnering with students in designing creative, individualized experiences.


Te partnership is fostered by making the lesson interactive and experiential; make sure it’s fun! Take time to celebrate successes, highlight all the positive results that occurred during the lesson, and encourage continual learning. Te Learning Partnership guarantees that both you and your students have lasting memories of the experience.


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