Say, See, Do Teaching

"To create comprehension and long-term memory, you must integrate Say, See, and Do" (Jones, 2007, p. 84).  People have three learning systems; the visual modality, the verbal modality, and the physical modality.  The three modalities are linked together to produce a single pattern.  This is why people learn by doing.  The three modalities are referred to as Say, See, Do as portrayed in the picture to the left.  Say, See, Do teaching will help increase long-term memory and students’ abilities to retrieve necessary information.   

Say, See, Do Cycle

Jones States (2007), "A Say See, Do Cycle integrates one "chunk" of input as follows:  1- Let me explain what to do next, 2- Watch as I show you, 3- Now you do it" (p. 85).  The cycle is repeated as often as needed to complete the lesson.  To teach a lesson from beginning to end, you structure a series of say, see, do cycles as pictured to the right.

The Say, See, Do package of learning consists of Input, Output, Input, Output, Input, Output.  A lesson’s information is presented one step at a time and has the students do something directly after each step.  Students receive a manageable amount of instruction and then immediately do something with it (Jones, 2007, p. 87).  This eliminates cognitive overload and forgetting the lesson’s information. 

 

Isaiah 28:23
Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say. (NIV)

Teachers are leaders, students are followers.  Students need to follow the directions of their teachers.  Teachers need to demonstrate lesson concepts verbally, visually, and auditorily in order for students to comprehend and remember what is being taught.

HOME; management and discipline defined; visual instruction plans; the physical environment; authority and leadership; proximity and mobility; praise, promt, and leave; say, see, do teaching; calm and consistency; time management; preferred activity time; references