Independent Learner
Independent Learner
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Teacher centered classroom vs student centered classroom
Coach;
Mentor;
Nurture;
Inspire
If you are nervous about the lecture, write out your introduction and rehearse
it.
Keep Your Focus
Limit the main points in a lecture to five or fewer.
Emphasize your objectives and key points in the beginning, as you get to
them, and as a summary at the end.
Engage Your Audience
Focus attention early on using a quote, a dramatic visual, an anecdote, or
other material relevant to the topic.
Integrate visuals, multimedia, discussion, active learning strategies, small-
group techniques, and peer instruction.
Link new material to students prior knowledge, such as common experiences
or previous coursework.
Show enthusiasm for the topic and information. Remember, you are modeling
your discipline.
Give students time to think and genuine opportunities to respond.
Plan for diverse learners. Use verbal, visual, and kinesthetic approaches such
as hands-on exercises and simulations.
Get Feedback
Observe students non-verbal communication: notetaking, response to
questions, eye contact, seating patterns, and response to humor. Are they
with you?
Use the minute paper or other assessment techniques. Ask students to
respond in one or two sentences to the following questions:What stood out as
most important in todays lecture? What are you confused about? Do this
every few lecturesit will take you about 15 minutes to review the responses
and youll learn an enormous amount about your students.
Give quizzes periodically on lecture objectives, not obscure material. Are they
getting it?
Conduct midterm teaching evaluations or simply ask the students for
suggestions and comments at the midpoint of the quarter.
5. I practice things over and over until I know them well in this
subject.
Askell-Williams and her colleagues found that those students who used fewer of
these strategies reported more difficulty coping with their schoolwork. For the
second part of their study, they designed a series of proactive questions for
teachers to drop into the lesson on a just-in-time basisat the moments when
students could use the prompting most. These questions, too, can be adopted by
any parent or educator to make sure that children know not just what is to be
learned, but how.
1. What is the topic for todays lesson?
2. What will be important ideas in todays lesson?
3. What do you already know about this topic?
4. What can you relate this to?
5. What will you do to remember the key ideas?
6. Is there anything about this topic you dont understand, or are not
clear about?