students improvement
the instructor has to break down the topic of today for smaller topics esay to understand and to explain to the students ,,they came from different levels
Mark,
Good point. Most instructors really enjoy the details in the field of study. Sometimes we forget that our first priority is to make sure we do a good job helping students to master what they "need to know" instead of what we think is "nice to know." It is important for us to make sure students know what the objectives of the lesson are and that we focus our evaluations on those objectives.
I agree with that. Many times we give too much information and concentrate on what is important.
Deborah,
Building lessons that appeal to as many of the multiple intelligences as possible is a real key to successful teaching. A presenter at one workshop I participated in suggested making sure each lesson includes time for interaction, time for reflection and time for a physical activity, including music if all possible. The contention was that a combination of these activites would appeal to most of the forms of intelligences.
Human Factors and Learning Theory also recognize it helps to follow the "chunking principle" of breaking down information to 7 to 9 data pieces. Following this method helps students understand and provides students with instructionally sound materials.
I suspect the trick is knowing how far to break down a topic into "teaching points" supported with materials for each learning style.
