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Teaching Methods

Assessment Tools

-> Why

-> How

-> What

Determining Effective Instruction

-> Establishing goals and objectives

-> Determining essential knowledge, skills, and abilities

-> Understanding outcomes

The Learner and Learning Environment

-> Learning Styles p.74

-> Individual Differences

-> Motivation p. 139

-> Record Keeping

-> Classroom Arrangement p. 45

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Teaching Methods

Interactive Lecture:

- Highly effective for certain types of learners.

- Lecture is a discourse or formal presentation given before a group of learners especially for the purpose of instruction.

- A system of conveying information, explaining facts or details, or describing practices and procedures.

- Kept brief and to the point.

- More effective if used in conjunction with other methods and techniques so that frequent variation of the stimuli occurs--otherwise known as interactive lectures.

Demonstration and Practice:

- Highly effective in illustrating a manipulative procedure or clarifying a principle.

- Master educators use the demonstration method of teaching to bring the lesson or presentation to life.

- It provides educators with the opportunity to perform an actual skill or procedure that will be later performed by the students.

- Used to help clarify and instill the underlying theory of a procedure into the minds of the learners.

- Preparation.

- This occurs prior to delivering the demonstration.

- It includes identifying the objectives of the lesson to be certain that the demonstration will achieve them.

- It includes preparing the students for the lesson and motivating them to observe, listen, and learn.

- It involves gathering and organizing all materials and tools necessary for the demonstration ahead of time.

- It also requires the educator to take the necessary steps to ensure that all students can see and hear the demonstration clearly.

- Demonstration.

- Avoid distractions while showing and explaining a single fundamental procedure completely by going through a step-by-step process.

- They will perform the demonstration at an appropriate speed, ensuring students do not miss key points or steps.

- Emphasis is placed on special techniques.

- Safe practice will be demonstrated and emphasized.

- Students will be questioned during the demonstration to verify their understanding.

- Master educators observe nonverbal Cues from the students that indicate how they are responding to the demonstration and take appropriate action.

- A master educator will not pass an object around for student consideration during a demonstration.

- Master educators will involve the learners in the demonstration whenever possible.

- Practice or Application.

- This has also been called the "return demonstration."

- After the educator has completed his demonstration, students must have the opportunity to practice the skill or procedure under educator supervision.

- This practice should occur as soon after the demonstration as possible.

- Practical application of procedures allows students to acquire skill and to progress at a rate most suited to their learning style.

Group Discussion and Discovery:

Role-Playing:

Window Paning:

Field Trips:

Guest Speakers:

Mind Mapping:

Peer Coaching:

Projects:

Workbooks and Partially Complete Handouts:

Case Studies:

Concept Connectors:

Visualization:

Stories and Anecdotes:

Mnemonics:

Energizers:

Characterizations and Cartoons:

Experiments:

Humor:

Games, Group Synergy, and Competitions:

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Assessment Tools

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