Ministry of higher and secondary special education of the republic of uzbekistan termiz state university

3. S: Stimulate inquiry

If you are about to embark on a new topic or theme in the class, have the students go on a virtual adventure or field trip. The Smithsonian has a large index of tours that would spark your students’ interests.
Another way is to give the students a picture of a problem to solve. The students could even make a visual representation of the problem. For example, “A rabbit is stuck at the bottom of a five-foot hole. Each day he climbs up two feet and slides back down one. What day will he reach the top to escape?” They could draw this out or they could view it and then write it out and solve it.
Finally, as a writing prompt, I like to show my students a Life magazine-type picture at the beginning of class. The goal is to think about what was happening in the scene. Who are these people and what are they doing? They would then write about this for a five minute bell-ringer.

4. U: Understand the complex with mapping

Thinking maps are powerful visual learning tools that can help us better organize our ideas or map out a process. There are eight kinds, ranging from bubble maps to flow maps. Using a flow map, for example, students can sequence the events of a story; mapping it out allows the brain to see the flow of events more effectively before writing about or discussing the story. Mapping through drawing combines words and pictures in a formatted way which allows the thinking to be processed out, helping the complex become understandable.

5. A: Application in math

Picturing a problem can be a helpful tool in aiding students to come up with a solution. Word problems allow for the practical application of math and therefore are a great vehicle to utilize visuals. This works great in learning money, for example, “Jose has two dimes, five nickels, and ten pennies. How much money does he have?” Drawing the actual scenario can give students a concrete visual to solve this problem. Also, if there is a misunderstanding of the problem, teachers can quickly identify where the student may be struggling in their processing.