RECOMMENDED INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGIES: The table below links the teaching methods and activities most effective for facilitating student achievement of learning outcomes published in this plan of instruction. Cognitive Level Goal For Students Teaching Methods Teaching Activities (Thinking) Knowledge Knows common terms, Lecture Mnemonics specific facts, methods, Computer Based Examples or Illustrations Descriptive Verbs: procedures, basic Instruction Repetition Defines, Lists, States, concepts, principles Video Summaries Describes, Identifies Demonstration Reviews Comprehension Understands facts and Informal Lecture 1. Teach to the Knowledge principles Discussion Level Descriptive Verbs: Demonstration Describe, Explains, Interprets verbal material Participation 2. Explains and demonstrates Summarizes Interactive Computer concept, principle or Interprets charts and Based Instruction procedure learned graphs 3. Put students in new Translates verbal material situation, and instructor and to mathematical formulas students co-solve employing the indicated concept, Estimates future principle, or procedure. consequences 4. Put students in a new Justifies methods and situation, and the students procedures solve the new situation using the concept, principle, or procedure while instructor supervises. 5. Reteach as required Application Applies concepts and Demonstration 1. Teach to the Knowledge principles to new situations Individual Research Level Descriptive Verbs: Lab Exercises Uses, Solves, Operates, Applies laws and theories Case Studies 2. Teach to the Produces, to practical situations Experiments Comprehension Level Demonstrates, Constructs Solves mathematical 3. Student must identify the problems concept, principle, or procedure and use it to solve Constructs charts, graphs, new scenario or simple mechanism 4. Reteach as required Demonstrates correct usage of a method or procedure Goal For Students Teaching Methods Teaching Activities Psychomotor Level (Doing) Mechanism Learned responses have Lab Exercises 1. Demonstration become habitual and can Case Studies 2. Observation Descriptive Verbs: be performed with some Experiments 3. Feedback Assembles, calibrates, confidence and proficiency 4. Reteach as required constructs, measures, fixes, dismantles, sketches
Cognitive Level (Thinking) Goal For Students Teaching Methods Teaching Activities Knowledge Descriptive Verbs: Defines, Lists, States, Describes, Identifies Knows common terms, specific facts, methods, procedures, basic concepts, principles Lecture Computer Based Instruction Video Demonstration Mnemonics Examples or Illustrations Repetition Summaries Reviews Comprehension Descriptive Verbs: Describe, Explains, Summarizes Understands facts and principles Interprets verbal material Interprets charts and graphs Translates verbal material to mathematical formulas Estimates future consequences Justifies methods and procedures Informal Lecture Discussion Demonstration Participation Interactive Computer Based Instruction 1. Teach to the Knowledge Level 2. Explains and demonstrates concept, principle or procedure learned 3. Put students in new situation, and instructor and students co-solve employing the indicated concept, principle, or procedure. 4. Put students in a new situation, and the students solve the new situation using the concept, principle, or procedure while instructor supervises. 5. Reteach as required Application Descriptive Verbs: Uses, Solves, Operates, Produces, Demonstrates, Constructs Applies concepts and principles to new situations Applies laws and theories to practical situations Solves mathematical problems Constructs charts, graphs, or simple mechanism Demonstrates correct usage of a method or procedure Demonstration Individual Research Lab Exercises Case Studies Experiments 1. Teach to the Knowledge Level 2. Teach to the Comprehension Level 3. Student must identify the concept, principle, or procedure and use it to solve new scenario 4. Reteach as required Psychomotor Level (Doing) Goal For Students Teaching Methods Teaching Activities Mechanism Descriptive Verbs: Assembles, calibrates, constructs, measures, fixes, dismantles, sketches Learned responses have become habitual and can be performed with some confidence and proficiency Lab Exercises Case Studies Experiments 1. Demonstration 2. Observation 3. Feedback 4. Reteach as required RECOMMENDED INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGIES: The table below links the teaching methods and activities most effective for facilitating student achievement of learning outcomes published in this plan of instruction.
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