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Workshop on Remembering Students’ names 8 April 2017

Muhammad J Munir, Additional Director, IQAC, UIU 1

Lecture ure Content

• The importan

tance ce of remember erin ing names

• Why we forget people

le’s names?

• Techniq

iques of remember erin ing names

• Gener

eral Rule e of Thumb

• Pedago

gogi gical acti tiviti ties es to remember ember students ents’ names mes

• Memo

mory y Champi mpions ns’ Secret et

Imp mport

• rtan

ance ce

• f Remembering

ing names. s.

A P Person'

• n's Name
• One of the most beloved

ed words

• It gives you good feeli

lings gs when someone recalls ls you.

• Forgettin

ing g someone’s name can be embar arras rassin ing too.

• An instructor

r uses students' ' names

• Students

ts get the messag age that the instru ructor tor regards ds them as part t attention tion and caring. .

When..

Students feel that

• They are supported in their effort

rts to learn.

Workshop on Remembering Students’ names 8 April 2017

Muhammad J Munir, Additional Director, IQAC, UIU 2

Using students’ names

• Help in student involvement
• Foster the interac

raction between.

• Faculty

lty stude dent

• Student stude

dent

Researc rch Findings gs

• Students see instructors

rs who learn their names as more caring g and approach achable able

vis 2009; Nilson n 2010; Svini nicki and McKea eachi hie e 2006). ).

But the reality is

• We face

e problem em in recalli lling g names

• The average

age recall ll rate is only

40%

Why Why

Can’t we remember ?

Is our brain blamable?

• No

No

• Because we did not actually

ally record the name

• We just

t heard him saying his name

• And we stop it in our ear

For your r information.

• n..
• Our brain is install

alled ed with the world’s best face recogniti ition softwa ware

Workshop on Remembering Students’ names 8 April 2017

Muhammad J Munir, Additional Director, IQAC, UIU 3

So

• wh

what at

went wrong?

Well, the study y found that

• Most of the time, we are distract

acted and

• ccupied while meeting

ing people le.

• Performin

ing a parallel lel task can severely ly impai air r memory retrie ieval l success ess.

Study y concl cluded that

• By just being

g attentiv ive e and focused ed while meetin ing g people, can signif ifican antly increase ase the recall ll rate .

80%

YU Professional Development Day

Ge Gener eral al

Techniq ique of Remembe mbering ing Names s

Five Rule of Thumb

1.

• 1. Be proacti

tive

2.

• 2. Be attent

tentive e and focus used ed while e listeni ening ng names mes

3.

• 3. Repea

eat t the e name me few times es in your ur memo mory

4.

• 4. Use the name

me during ng conv nver ersati tion

5.

• 5. Use the name

e while e departi ting ng from each h othe her

Pedagog

• gica

ical l Techniques niques

to aid remembe mberi ring g Student Names

Workshop on Remembering Students’ names 8 April 2017

Muhammad J Munir, Additional Director, IQAC, UIU 4

Pedag agog

• gical

ical Techni hniques

1. 1.

Be fami miliar with h the names es before e going ng to your ur classroom. m.

2.

• 2. Roster

ter Call

3.

• 3. Memo

morize e few names mes in ever ery y class meeti eting ng

4.

• 4. Use studen

ents ts' ' names mes as often ten as possible. e.

5.

• 5. Call each

h student ent by name e as you hand nd back assignments gnments

6.

• 6. Ask students

ents to give e their names mes every y time e they y speak to you for the first t few times

• es. Then

n ask them em to wait t while e you guess their names mes.

7.

Use Name Tags

Pedago gogica cal Technique ues

• 8. Use Name tents

Pedagogic

• gical Technique

ques

• 9. Prepare

are Seatin ing g Chart A c curious fact of student sociobi biolo logy gy

 students almost invariably return to the same seat they

• ccupied during the first class

Pedagogic

• gical Technique

ques

• 9. Prepare

are Seatin ing g Chart

Log g atten endanc nce, e, parti ticipa pati tion

Pedago gogica cal Technique ues

10 10.

Student Passport/Info card

Pedago gogica cal Technique ues

Workshop on Remembering Students’ names 8 April 2017

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11. 11.

Name list with identif ifiab iable le tag

Use a mnemoni nic c aid. Associ ciate the name with the way the person n looks.

Pedago gogica cal Technique ues

11 11.

Name list with identif ifiab iable le tag

Make a Z scan n to pick a facial features Use a mnemoni nic c aid. Associ ciate the name with h the way the perso son looks.

Pedago gogica cal Technique ues

11 11.

Name list with identif ifiab iable le tag

Pedagogic

• gical Technique

ques

12. 12.

Have a short quiz over students' ' names

Pedagogic

• gical Technique

ques

• Techniqu

iques for students to foster r student to student interac raction

• Have studen

dents ts sit in a circle e to introduce ce themselv lves

• Have each studen

dent t make e a c circle le with the stude dents ts he does not know

• Introduce

ce “Name e Game”

Pedago gogica cal Technique ues

Conclus nclusion ion

• These are short and simple

le techniqu ques

• It is not must to remembe

ber r all names of your student

• It is just the matter

er which methods works for you.

Workshop on Remembering Students’ names 8 April 2017

Muhammad J Munir, Additional Director, IQAC, UIU 6

Tha hanks nks fo for Liste steni ning

Contact tact Info: Muhammad ad Munir Additio tional al Directo ctor IQAC, , UIU Email: : Munir@i r@iqac ac.u .uiu. u.ac ac.bd .bd Cell: : 017200444 44444 44