Interactive Instruction
Debates
Interactive instruction relies heavily on discussion and sharing among participants. Students can learn from peers and teachers to develop social skills and abilities, to organize their thoughts, and to develop rational arguments The interactive instruction strategy allows for a range of groupings and interactive methods.
Role Playing
It is important for the teacher to outline the topic, the amount of discussion time, the composition and size of the groups, and reporting or sharing techniques Interactive instruction requires the refinement of observation, listening, interpersonal, and intervention skills and abilities by both teacher and students
Brainstor ming
Discussion
operative Learning
Think/Pair /Shore,
operative Learning
Based Learning
Seminars
Indirect instruction
In contrast to the direct instruction strategy. indirect instruction is mainly student- centered, although the two strategies can complement each other. Indirect instruction seeks a high level of student involvement in observing, investigating. It takes advantage of students' interest and curiosity, often encouraging them to generate alternatives or solve problems. In indirect instruction, the role of the teacher shifts from lecturer /director to that of facilitator, supporter, and resource person.
Problem Solving
Reading
Case Studies
Writing
Reflective Discussion
Concept Mapping
Concept Formation
Experiential Learning
Experiential learning is an engaged learning process whereby students "learn by doing" and by reflecting on the experience. ... Opportunities for students to engage intellectually! creatively, emotionally, socially, or physically.
Building Student Independence
✓ Offer timers to help students with pacing
Teach highlighting and color-coding
Use "think alouds"
✓ Teach and model strategies for
■ Organization
■ Self-questioning and self-monitoring
• Problem-solving
• Clarify expectations
Providing Tools and Handouts
✓ Provide study guides with key information to reduce copying and not
✓ Offer calculators and multiplication charts
Provide resource sheets
Provide templates for tables, graphs, writing, and other tasks
Use graphic organizers
Provide practice problems
✓ Provide a word bank with key vocabulary words and visuals
Experiential Learning
Experiential learning is an engaged learning process whereby students "learn by doing" and by reflecting on the experience. ... Opportunities for students to engage intellectually! creatively, emotionally, socially, or physically.
Building Student Independence
✓ Offer timers to help students with pacing
Teach highlighting and color-coding
Use "think alouds"
✓ Teach and model strategies for
■ Organization
■ Self-questioning and self-monitoring
• Problem-solving
• Clarify expectations
Providing Tools and Handouts
✓ Provide study guides with key information to reduce copying and not
✓ Offer calculators and multiplication charts
Provide resource sheets
Provide templates for tables, graphs, writing, and other tasks
Use graphic organizers
Provide practice problems
✓ Provide a word bank with key vocabulary words and visuals
Promoting Understanding through Discourse
✓ Have students work in pairs or small groups
✓ Use cooperative learning
✓ Keep class discussions short and focused
✓ Provide timely and constructive feedback
Check in frequently with students
✓ Use questions, prompts, and hints
Helping Students Manage Tasks and Organization
Reformat handouts to provide more workspace
✓ Reduce amount of copying
✓ Provide a checklist
✓ Provide time management cues
Set up a notebook organizational system
Provide project organizers to help the students keep track of tasks
Offer tools such as highlighters and post its to help students focus
Adjusting Tasks to Student Needs
✓ Adjust level of difficulty
✓ Use friendlier numbers
✓ Break complex tasks into smaller parts
Adjust amount of time for tasks
✓ Adjust amount of work
Create multiple versions of a problem, in order to offer alternatives to a range of learners
Adjust pacing to optimize attention
Creating a Supportive Environment
✔Post and reinforce classroom expectations
Post homework assignments in a consistent location
Seat students strategically, based on needs like vision or hearing. Seat distractible
students away from windows or doors.
✓ Use nonverbal signals to cue attention or behavior
✓ Use consistent and familiar routines
✓ Provide easy access to templates, and other tools in the classroom
Guidelines for Stimulating Discussion
Ask for more information to help clarify or make the response more specific: "C an example?" or "What exactly do you mean?"
► Restate what you have heard. Also called paraphrasing, this technique lets the know that her or his ideas have been heard correctly or gives her or him the op correct misunderstandings. It also serves to encourage the speaker to expand made.
Use questions to introduce larger issues and develop critical thinking: "Can we step further?," "What solutions do you think might solve this problem?," "How d to what we have learned about..?," "What are the differences between... ?," "H relate to your own experience?;" "What do you think causes.... ?;" "What are th of.... ?
"A related journal format encourages students to reflect on their learning by looking back, looking in and looking forward
Looking in
Looking back
What activities did we do?
• What did I learn?
• How does what I learned relate to the real world?
What did I like or dislike about the learning experience?
How do I feel about what I learned?
What questions or concerns do I have about what I learned?
Looking forward
What would like to leam more about?
What goal could I set for myself?
How might what I learned help me in the future?
At the beginning of the lesson
What questions do you have from yesterday?
Write two important points from yesterday's discussion.
In the middle
What do you want to know more about?
How is this like something else?
Is this easy or difficult for you? Explain why
At the end
Something you heard that surprised you...
How could you use this outside class?