onemom22boys Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Hi, I have a high schooler who cannot follow educational videos. We even tried some Bill Nye videos today, and she could not answer simple questions if I paused the video for question and answer time. Any suggestions what could be going on and how to remediate this? At this point spending time on videos is a waste of time for her, and she is missing so much enrichment that a good video can bring. Pictures in books does not begin to bring the scope of learning that an action video brings about far away places and exotic animals. Thanks, Gina 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 What is her learning style? Personally, I think that I would learn better from a book than from the most interesting educational video out there. I think that I would do ok with videos for some things, but not for others. And I would not be able to answer questions at the end. If I had a worksheet to fill out while I listened, I would probably be able to do it. Maybe just plain taking notes during the video would help, but I'm not sure. While I was thinking about this, I had the thought that maybe turning on the closed captioning would help her. Hope others join in with other ideas for you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Could you give her specific questions before she watches the video? Things to look for while she is watching? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiara.I Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Does she normally understand and absorb information that she hears? I would strongly suspect that she doesn't do well with auditory information. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiara.I Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Oh, and if that's the case, but you strongly feel that videos bring *more* information, then you can have her read about the place/person/animal/culture first. *Then* watch the video for the visual impressions that she will pick up from it over and above what she learned from reading the book. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Gina I believe you and your DD have different learning styles. I would have a problem with the videos too. I would probably need to watch them, multiple times, to absorb everything. I prefer to read things in black and white. There is nothing for you to remediate. I have seen DD watch videos, to supplement her textbooks, and probably occasionally that is what gets the idea across to her, but 99% of her studies come from a lot of time spent reading and studying her textbooks. Your DD may be like my DD. GL to her 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemom22boys Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Thank you for the responses. She does do the reading/written work first, and I have tried using videos to supplement and enrich. For example, after studying Egypt for World History, I tried to add in videos on pyramids and pharoahs. She is mainly a kinisthetic learner, but I thought seeing some of the places she has studied and read about would add to her understanding of these places. Yes, she does remember things she hears - especially things you really don't want her to hear. :-) She can hear a phone number or an address one time and remember it. She is doing an online lecture for Apologia physical science through VHSG and is doing well with that. Most times she seems to bring more away from the slides and lectures than she does the textbook. I was wondering if perhaps the moving video is over-stimulating and much of the info in slipping by. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g1234 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Neither of my kids nor I like movies of any kind. We all prefer, and learn better from, books. We almost never watch educational videos, and very rarely movies of any kind. I agree with others...it's probably just different preferences and styles. There are many people who are frustrated that their kid can't learn from a book. At least you don't have that problem! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemom22boys Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 I just thought of something, but it's at a much slower space and requires the student to pause the video and work problems, She's used MUS and normally tests in the 90s each week. We rarely watch videos too. Occasionally we have a fun video as a special treat. Dd is adopted and does have a lot of issues, so I have felt she needed lots of hands-on physical activity and reasoning to calm and heal her brain rather. She can't do much of that in front of a TV set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiara.I Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Thank you for the responses. She does do the reading/written work first, and I have tried using videos to supplement and enrich. For example, after studying Egypt for World History, I tried to add in videos on pyramids and pharoahs. She is mainly a kinisthetic learner, but I thought seeing some of the places she has studied and read about would add to her understanding of these places. Yes, she does remember things she hears - especially things you really don't want her to hear. :-) She can hear a phone number or an address one time and remember it. She is doing an online lecture for Apologia physical science through VHSG and is doing well with that. Most times she seems to bring more away from the slides and lectures than she does the textbook. I was wondering if perhaps the moving video is over-stimulating and much of the info in slipping by. Okay, more auditory than visual, maybe? Yes, it's entirely possible that there's just too much going on at once on the video for her to get much out of it. I know some young children do well with busy, colorful math pages while others do better with black and white and not much on the page--it may be that kind of thing. Perhaps the "busyness" of the video is too much for her. Also, this is high school--have you asked *her* what the problem is with videos? And it could even be that the refresh rate doesn't work for the way her mind processes! If she has to use videos, like for online courses or college or something, one thing to do might be to have her turn the video off and just listen to the audio first, and get as much as she can out of that. And then re-watch with the video, for any actual visual information that wasn't covered in the audio. However: If this is a big problem for her, and college is in her future, would it be worth getting testing done? If she has a diagnosis, she can get accommodations in class at college. If she ever takes a course that relies heavily on videos, that might be really useful. First, in knowing *how to* best extract the information from a video, and second, getting the supplementary stuff that she needs--watching it twice, for instance, or getting a transcript of the audio of it, or various other possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemom22boys Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 Hi Kiara, I never thought about turning off the visual while she listens to the audio. I will try that. At the very least that would let me know if the problem may be related to too much going on at one time for her to process everything. I have asked her, and she said she didn't know. Unfortunately, she is diagnosed with PTSD and reactive attachment disorder along with sensory deficits. Every doctor/therapist she sees gives her something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 I used to dread being quizzed on videos at school. Nothing wrong with my comprehension. I could tell you the concepts usually, but ask me anything specific like names of people, forget it. Maybe that's just not a method that works for her. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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