Generation Y students are primarily visual learners, a style
which research has shown will almost certainly conflict
with the learning style and habits of almost any instructor.
Small changes in presentation, such as changing from pure
lecture to incorporate hands-on activities, will help to hold
student interest and increase information retention.
! Any hands-on activities should be directly related to a
specific task that the student perceives as a need, i.e., to
personal information needs or to a specific assignment for
an instructor.
! Students arrive at college at varying levels of cognitive
development and will continue to progress at varying levels
through the dualistic, multiplistic, and relativistic methods
of dealing with new information. It will probably be more