{"id":17994,"date":"2015-03-19T13:41:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T13:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lern.org\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2021-08-02T12:22:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T17:22:06","slug":"how-to-beat-i-cant-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/how-to-beat-i-cant-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Beat \u201cI Can\u2019t Do It\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cant-do-it.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2630\" src=\"https:\/\/lern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cant-do-it-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"can't do it\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>The \u201cI can\u2019t do it\u201d response of students challenged by their studies can be overcome, say Dionne Felix and Odessa Jordan of Calhoun College in Huntsville, Alabama.\u00a0 The belief operates out of a fear, they note.\u00a0 \u201cThe issue is not a particular learning style, but being differently-abled,\u201d says Felix.<br \/>\nThey created their own definition of differently-abled as \u201clearners whose learning disposition is outside of the established norm, and who receive, perceive, and interact with information differently.\u201d<br \/>\nThe downward cycle teachers have to reverse begins with frustration and then leads to resignation, when the learner says \u201cI quit\u201d and then tells oneself that it is o.k. to shut down the brain. After that happens, the student begins to be self-deprecating and feeling stupid.<br \/>\nThey cite Judy Wills, a neurologist and educator, who advocates a three step process:<br \/>\nR=Reach students\u2019 attention<br \/>\nA= Cultivate a positive Attitude; reduce stress<br \/>\nD=Develop memory.<br \/>\nBut Johnson and Felix also provided their own four step \u2018You Can\u2019 approach:<br \/>\n1.Use a multi-modal approach.\u00a0 Avoid boxing your students in to styles.<br \/>\n2. Use a multi-medium approach. Engage your learners with a variety of low tech and high tech media in and outside of the classroom.<br \/>\n3. Encourage student creativity.<br \/>\n4. Help students harness their learning ability.<br \/>\nUsing these four strategies You Can as a teacher prevent resignation and deprecation, and convey to your students You Can successfully learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cI can\u2019t do it\u201d response of students challenged by their studies can be overcome, say Dionne Felix and Odessa Jordan of Calhoun College in Huntsville, Alabama.\u00a0 The belief operates out of a fear, they note.\u00a0 \u201cThe issue is not a particular learning style, but being differently-abled,\u201d says Felix. They created their own definition of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18950,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17994\/revisions\/18950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}