Speaking of which, I hit the wrong button on my controller and came across the most absurd PBS kids teaching program where a teacher was trying to teach basic arithmetic while doing jumping jacks and squats.
IE "Is 4x4=18 true? No, it's false!" And she proceeds to do squats on camera. Utterly bizarre.
I assume kids were supposed to follow along, and that the entire thing was based on some idiotic notion that adding in exercises would somehow help promote the learning process for individuals who learn... math better that way? Frankly I don't get it.
Well it didn't show any kids, it was one of those kind of education programs a teacher in an IRL classroom setting would just turn on and have the students watch or follow along with.
The "teacher" I was describing in my previous comment was the instructor in the video itself, performing the exercises while teaching arithmetic. It's really tough to describe, and unfortunately, I've not had any luck trying to dig up any similar videos online.
Closest search results I can find are called "Math Facts to Jumping Jacks". Which somehow aren't nearly as cringe as what I saw.
There are some studies that indicate incorporating a physical aspect to learning that allows it to stick in with people who have difficulty just sitting in a desk being lectured at. Which isn't too out there, the best way to learn the rules of a sport is to play it and you can translate a lot of that to most types of learning. Additionally there isn't anything wrong with getting kids to practice basic aerobic exercise so that they can do so in the future without the complaint of. "Well no one taught me how to do a push up or squat."
Oh I pretty much figured that's what the conceptual basis was centered on, it was mostly the execution and application in this instance that struck me as so totally bizarre and cringe.
Speaking of which, I hit the wrong button on my controller and came across the most absurd PBS kids teaching program where a teacher was trying to teach basic arithmetic while doing jumping jacks and squats.
IE "Is 4x4=18 true? No, it's false!" And she proceeds to do squats on camera. Utterly bizarre.
I assume kids were supposed to follow along, and that the entire thing was based on some idiotic notion that adding in exercises would somehow help promote the learning process for individuals who learn... math better that way? Frankly I don't get it.
Were the kids exercising as well? If not, then I don't know what the hell the teacher was trying to do.
Well it didn't show any kids, it was one of those kind of education programs a teacher in an IRL classroom setting would just turn on and have the students watch or follow along with.
The "teacher" I was describing in my previous comment was the instructor in the video itself, performing the exercises while teaching arithmetic. It's really tough to describe, and unfortunately, I've not had any luck trying to dig up any similar videos online.
Closest search results I can find are called "Math Facts to Jumping Jacks". Which somehow aren't nearly as cringe as what I saw.
There are some studies that indicate incorporating a physical aspect to learning that allows it to stick in with people who have difficulty just sitting in a desk being lectured at. Which isn't too out there, the best way to learn the rules of a sport is to play it and you can translate a lot of that to most types of learning. Additionally there isn't anything wrong with getting kids to practice basic aerobic exercise so that they can do so in the future without the complaint of. "Well no one taught me how to do a push up or squat."
Oh I pretty much figured that's what the conceptual basis was centered on, it was mostly the execution and application in this instance that struck me as so totally bizarre and cringe.