101 Teaching Strategy - Argie
101 Teaching Strategy - Argie
101 Teaching Strategy - Argie
guard against and desirable result. It means the art of using psychological
success in teaching.
1. Structured Overview
is a graphic organizer used to arrange the key words and concepts on a topic. They may
be completed individually or collaboratively. The words are organized in a hierarchical
structure, beginning with the topic heading. Lines connect the words or subtopics
showing their relationship to the central idea and to each other.
The conceptual map is like a tree diagram with the most general terms at the top moving
down to the details or examples at the bottom. Once completed they are shared with their
partner or with the class.
Students using structured overviews: link new information to existing knowledge; think
about relationships between ideas; learn to categorize ideas; clarify their thoughts and
learn key vocabulary.
2. Lecture
An effective lecture includes the use of images that illustrate the concepts and ideas being
discussed. Images are among the most powerful teaching tools as 70% of the sensory
cortex of the brain is made up of the visual cortex.
Know your audience (students)
Have a map to follow (lecture outline)
Grab the students’ attention (have a beginning)
Recognize students’ attention span
Plan an activity for students (have a middle)
Use visual aids/voice and movements
Have a conclusion (an end)
Have students do something with the lecture material
(accountability)
3. Explicit Teaching
Explicit teaching is useful for introducing topics and specific skills. It provides guided
instruction in the basic understanding of required skills, which students can then build on
through practice, collaboration, repetition, hands on activities and developmental play.
Drill and practice activities offer the benefits of improved learning transfer to the
performance context. There are three basic steps to achieve this activity: assigning a
task, performing a task, and providing feedback.
Drill and practice activities repeatedly exercise a simple or small area of knowledge. The
activity starts with an introduction that welcomes learners and describes how the
activity works. For example, if the activity is about reinforcing a leadership style, the
introduction will review a few facts from the topic.
It will then explain how to complete the activity. If it is a scenario, the context and the
character will be introduced. The role of the eLearner as a problem-solver is clearly
defined.
Once the activity is performed, the system needs to display the feedback. Depending on
the success level of the activity, the learner is requested to keep practicing until satisfied.
Towards the end, learners review what they have learned and try applying it in a more
realistic situation. This could, and preferably should, be their job context.