15.02.2009
HOW DO CHILDREN LEARN?
“How do children learn?” The answer to this question can unlock the door to achievement for your child. School of Tomorrow has done considerable research on the topic of how children learn, and the results, along with other educational surveys, indicate that children:
• Have varying IQs and learn at different rates.
• Must learn specific developmental skills.
• Process information differently at different developmental levels.
• Learn best through mastery with repetition, then review.
• Vary in their abilities to learn through visual, auditory, and kinesthetic/tactile stimuli.
School of Tomorrow has developed a distinctive, individualized, high-tech educational package that addresses these issues. Let’s take a closer look at these factors that so critically impact your child’s learning.
1. Since children have different IQs and learn at different rates, testing to determine each child’s knowledge and performance level is critical. Your school using School of Tomorrow not only provides testing but also a diagnosis and educational prescription for your child.
2. Testing also reveals whether a child has attained certain developmental skills. For instance, skills that are prerequisite to the learning-to-read process include sequencing, recognition of colors and shapes, relationships, coordination, and the ability to process some information on a subconscious level while processing other information on a conscious level. These skills are mastered in the Kindergarten with Ace and Christi program.
3. Children process information differently in varying stages of physical development. Nearly all children from preschool to puberty are able to answer the “who, what, when, and where” questions. At puberty, brain chemistry changes, and most children are able to answer “how and why” questions. School of Tomorrow core curriculum below seventh level concentrates its presentation on the “who, what, when, and where” questions, but “how and why” questions are heavily addressed at and above seventh level. These critical skills of deductive reasoning and logical thinking are necessary for your child’s college preparation as well as for his preparation for life.
4. The School of Tomorrow curriculum is mastery based. Most children need to have a concept repeated five to seven times for mastery. Therefore, vocabulary words are introduced, repeated, and practiced before tested. Academic concepts are presented in sequence and mastered with repetition, then review follows in a spiral approach. Progress is controlled, and your child moves on only after he has demonstrated understanding and mastery of the material.
5. Some children like to learn best visually. Some like to learn best auditorily. Others like to learn best by hands-on experience (kinesthetic). Although children tend to want to learn through one medium, their dominant one, they should be encouraged to gain understanding of academic material in different ways. You will notice that your child’s PACEs incorporate color, pictures, diagrams, and other enhancements to stimulate learning. He also has the opportunity for individual attention by reading aloud or discussing concepts with his supervisor or you, his parent, to assure mastery. The high technology available through School of Tomorrow computer software, such as Technology Training, is especially appealing and beneficial to the “hands-on” learner.
Children learn on an individual basis, and School of Tomorrow meets your child’s specific educational needs. To God be the glory–great things He has done and is doing for our children.
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