Effective Instructional Strategies

- BRENDA B. CORPUZ, Ph.D.

Characteristics of an Instructional Strategy

Interactive mutual or reciprocal action Integrated - incorporate Introspective self reflection Reflective Contextualized reflecting on
written facts

Experiential to experience Collaborative to work together Cooperative combined or shared effort

Modes of Interaction
Interact with Teacher
Personality is a big factor in making studentteacher interaction happen.

Interact with Instructional Materials

Aid your teaching with multi-sensory instructional materials.

Interact with Self

Students learn when they reflect on the facts, skills, and attitudes taught in class.

Integrative Teaching
MI Integrated Teaching Strategy Teaching strategy should depend on intelligence & learning style. Research-based Teaching Strategy To be integrative in approach, you must incorporate research findings in your teaching process.

Intelligence Verbal - Linguistic

Examples of Classroom Activities discussion, debate, storytelling

Logical - mathematical
Spatial Bodily-Kinesthetic Musical

calculations, number games, comparison

art projects, charts, graphs role-playing, dance singing, analyzing sounds and music

Interpersonal
Intrapersonal Naturalist

sharing, peer tutoring

journal writing, reflecting field trips, outdoor activities

9 Categories of Instructional Strategies (McRel)

1. Setting objectives and providing

feedback
By setting instructional goals, teachers can narrow the focus for students. Feedback should provide students with information on what they are doing correctly and incorrectly.

2. Nonlinguistic representations
A variety of activities can help students to formulate nonlinguistic representations. These strategies include the use of graphic representations, pictures, mental images etc.

3. Cues, questions, and advance organizers

Cues and questions should focus on what is important rather than on what is unusual.

4. Cooperative learning

Advance organizers are best used to give structure to information that is not well organized.

5. Summarizing and note taking

To effectively summarize, students must keep, delete, and substitute information. Verbatim note taking is the least effective way to take notes.

6. Homework and practice

The amount of homework assigned to students should increase as they progress from elementary through high school

7. Reinforcing effort and providing recognition

Students are unaware of the direct effect that effort has on success. Abstract recognition(e.g. praise) is more effective in improving performance than tangible rewards(e.g. candy).

8. Generating and testing hypotheses

Teachers must encourage students to explain their hypotheses and conclusions. This is a chance for the students to develop oral and academic language.

9. Identifying similarities and differences

Students should independently identify similarities and differences.