Pomodoro Technique For Tactile Learners!

“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.” – Phil Collins

 

In Parenting, one of the challenging areas is Teaching Children at home. We may teach well, it may be easy to understand. However, children wouldn’t have taken it easy. You know why? The method which we use to teach them may not the right one which their Brain may adapt.

Identifying their learning method helps to teach them effectively, easily and it will become stress-free & effortless. They will also take less time to learn with interest. Many students will simply spend as much time as with the books, but we cannot find productive learning.

However, knowing the learning style helps a lot in parenting. It happens a lot that students are learning without realizing that the way they learn, their learning style, may not be their best option. This leads to poor outcome and their exact potential has not utilized optimally.

 

 

Various Learning Styles are simply called as VAK Method:

1. Visual Learners: They benefit most if the study material is presented through posters, pictures, slides, photos, or videos.
2. Auditory Learners: They learn best when they hear things. When they hear the information, they will remember it much better and easier than when they would read that material.
3. Kinesthetic or Tactile Learners: They will learn and retain information better if they experience things themselves while using all of their senses, such as hearing, sight, touch, etc. Kinesthetic learners cannot sit for more time at a stretch.

In this article, let me explain the Tactile (or) Kinesthetic Style and The Best Way to adopt for Tactile Learners.

What is the Pomodoro study method?

In this method, the study which combined with breaks to help train your brain to concentrate better and recall more information. Chunking Down the schedule in short-term goals.

The process works in a series of short bursts and can be used while studying alone or in groups to help everyone do better on exams.

It is Created and developed during the 1990s, the essence of the study method is to use a timer set to 25 minutes and use that time to study without interruption.

Once the 25 minutes are up, take a 5-minute break so that you can relieve the pressure. If you need to study additional material, take another 25 minutes followed by a 5-minute break until you have covered everything needed.

25 Mins Study – 5 Mins Break – Again 25 Mins Study – Again Break – REPEAT.

 

Advantages of the Pomodoro study technique

To train the brain for laser sharp focus and to learn with full concentration, this method helps a lot. This helps not only in studying, but also for professional with kinesthetic or tactile learning aptitude. Advantages are:

• Less distraction & more concentration.
• It avoids unnecessary multi-tasking in between the studies.
• Helps to think precisely.
• Better Organization of Materials Used to Study.

Because the focus is on 25-minute intervals, the result is that it keeps you from multitasking which is the type of distraction that pulls you away from the material.

Instead, by organizing your time and materials in an efficient manner, by creating a good study plan, you can study in single 25-minute sessions for short tests and in multiple sessions for longer university exams.

How to use Pomodoro Technique?

• Decide on a Specific Section or Task that Needs to be Studied
• Start the Timer
• Focus on the Task until the Timer reaches 25 Minutes
• Take a 5 Minute Break
• Start a New Task

If you should complete FOUR – 25 minute periods, take a 15 to 20-minute break so that you can better recover.

Using the Pomodoro Study Method, you can vastly improve your retention by focusing fully on the task at hand for 25-minute intervals.

Kinesthetic/tactile learners can have a hard time fitting into the traditional classroom. This is because these students learn by doing, by moving, by engaging- these processes form connections that help them remember, discover, and understand.

By adopting the above method, learners can cover a specific area of a subject deeply so that their brain can grasp the knowledge without becoming overly tired or strained.

Let’s create awareness on the learning styles to parents, teachers and students. It will help us to see students coming out with flying colors. Teach Easy – Learn Easy – Live at Ease!

Wishing everyone stress free life with yourself and your kids (if you are married).

Note: The above mentioned method of learning is one beautiful method to adopt. There may be other good approaches also, it is up to the learners to take whichever is comfortable for them.

Disclaimer: The images are taken from different sources. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. Much gratitude to the developer and credit goes to him for the excellent content.

In Gratitude – N.R.Rakesh Babu | Psychologist | Doctoral Researcher