Essays on Instructional Strategies

Introduction

Dual language programs involve teaching students through two languages. Teachers ensure that they introduce bilingual programs whereby all native speakers benefit from a second language instruction. Teachers also use two-way immersion programs whereby one half of the students are native while the other half is constitutes speakers of English (Wayne and Virginia, 2012). This paper is meant to persuade school administrators to adopt dual language programs so that they improve learning among students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. I argue that dual language program promotes academic achievement and multicultural competence for all students. Discussion focuses on aspects such ...

Instructional Strategies

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are a sensitive area of discussion, both for the learner and the instructor. In this regard, teaching the topic should be approached while keeping in mind the feelings of students, which will most likely be discomfort, in order to facilitate learning. Since different learners have personal preferences, the strategies will encompass this instance. Also, the instructional strategies for the education program that targets teenagers between the ages of 15 years and 24 years will include both indirect and interactive instruction strategies as discussed further below:

Art Students

For the correspondents who are inclined towards the arts, that ...

Introduction

The early childhood education plays a critical role in shaping the overall personality of a child. The focus of early childhood is not just restricted towards quality education, but it is nurtured by imparting a decent moral character in them. This paper will evaluate the role of teachers in the awareness of cultural diversity in Early Childhood Education. It has been proven through research that the early five years in the life of a child are extremely critical for learning new skills and concepts. Adding the element of diversity awareness at an early stage is of sheer significance as ...

Introduction

Education is a form of learning in which the knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one to another. This transfer is through teaching, training, or research, using various texts, image, animation, and sound. Therefore, in this modern age of quality maintenance and development of training and teaching, it is good employ these elements of texts, image, animation, and sound through effective instructional design and model. In this age of computerization and globalization, all the educational institutions are utilizing modern tools to impart effective and efficient knowledge. However, the major challenge in front of us is ...

Module 2 Expand and Share Activity

For this activity, I have chosen to expand and share about the Conditions of Learning, namely the external and internal conditions of the learner, under the (2.2) Instructional Theories of Conditions of Learning by Robert Gagne and Leslie Briggs.

Upon reading Module 2, I have recognized the importance of determining and understanding the external and internal conditions of learning as the primary considerations for the facilitator to be properly guided in establishing the objectives and in choosing the appropriate and effective instructional strategies.

Summary

In my quest to expand what I have learned about Gagne and Briggs’ instructional theory, I ...

Overview

Balanced literacy involves language arts acquisition using a program consisting of word study, small strategy groups, and interactive read aloud, along with shared, independent, and guided reading. These essential components help a learner to understand written and spoken communication by emphasizing on reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing. Literacy is an important aspect everyday activities and modern social networks emphasize this, people cannot “Tweet” and comment if they do not write. Yet even with increasing trends in globalization some children are more advanced, and some need to learn solutions to their education challenges. Balanced literacy instruction supports students’ need by ...

Introduction

The development of English as a first or second language comprises four strategic domains. These include listening, reading, speaking and writing. An English language learner can either attend classes to learn the language from a teacher or tutor or may simply learn through association with frequent English as the way children learn language from their parents and peers. In the class contexts, learning of English required skills from the tutor as well as other learning materials like audio-visuals that are meant to reinforce written or spoken words from the teacher. The learning of English focuses on a few critical areas (Scrivener, 2005). ...

Section A: Front-end Analysis .3

Target Audience Description 3 Procedure for Determining Information Processing Steps 3 Learning Objectives .... 7 Terminal Learning Objective .. 7

Enabling Objectives . 8

Section B: Instructional Strategies, Specifications, Documentation .. 13

Background .13

Terminal learning objective 13 Expanded Events of Instruction 14 Introduction . 14 Body . 15 Section 1: Basic Words 15 Section 2: Advanced Words 15 Conclusion 17 Teaching Elementary Children To Read A Second Language Section A: Front-end Analysis - Target Audience Description The target audience is elementary school children. To learn any new language, children must start early. The ...

Module

Classrooms that have employed best practices in teaching are easily detectable. Immediately when you enter the learning space you will observe things like; project materials and books, focused and engaged students in their work, collaborative and authentic tasks used by the teacher to place students at the centre of the learning process, clustered sitting arrangements varied with multi-instructional areas, classrooms are activity based spaces as opposed to ‘sit and get lectures' spaces, students will be eager to enlist visitors into their tasks and teachers are engaged with various groups and there will be a joyful feeling of informed movement, industrious ...

Chapter 1: Introduction

In general, the purpose of the study is to identify the relationship between classroom management and effective teaching techniques to improve student learning development. In particular, the research will address the benefits of technology and teaching to improve academic learning. Specifically, the frame of study will explore the phases of learning by focusing on past and present learning experiences of middle-school level students in an academic year through the development phases of understanding the key concepts and skill development in Math and Reading. For the most part, the direction of the study will include effective teaching principles of a diverse ...

Dissertation Proposal: Classroom Management: Effective Teachers and Instructional Practices in Public Schools

Introduction In general, the purpose of the study is to identify the relationship between classroom management and effective teaching techniques to improve student learning development. In particular, the research will address the benefits of technology and teaching to improve academic learning. Specifically, the frame of study will explore the phases of learning by focusing on past and present learning experiences of middle-school level students in an academic year through the development phases of understanding the key concepts and skill development in Math and Reading. For the most part, the direction of the proposed study will include effective teaching ...

Grant Proposal - Comprehensive School Health Services for Migrant Children

Migrant children will benefit from the following Instructional strategies: - Development of Small Groups – Students will be assigned to work in small groups twice a week. These groups will give them a chance to share their ideas and feelings about class lessons and activities. The curriculum will utilize pictures in the form of flash cards and other printable materials; this will assist with overcoming language barriers. English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes – English language classes will be available to all students that need assistance. These classes will improve the student’s comprehension skills. Written materials in multiple languages will also ...

Explain the relationship between multiplication and addition.

Multiplication and addition has a unique relationship; multiplication is a repeated addition. The result of multiplication is the product or the total number, obtained by simply multiplying the multiplicand and the multiplier, respectively. For example, 5 times 3 is equal to 15; number 5 is the multiplicand, number 3 is the multiplier, and number 15 is the product. The result obtained in the repeated addition is the same; this is to combine the groups with the objects. For example, 3+3+3+3+3=15 will obtain the same value by doing the multiplication 5×3=15. Describe how understanding the relationship ...

- Chapter 7 - Chapter 7, “Guiding Reading Comprehension,” emphasizes importance of the comprehension strategies, which guide the reader- text interactions. The chapter stresses that educators from many disciplines can incorporate reciprocal teaching, think alouds, questioning the author, and question answer relationships into their instructional routines to show their students how to read and comprehend easily. - The chapter also describes a number of instructional strategies, which engage the students in reading, monitoring their interactions with the texts, and aiding them in clarifying and extending the meaning.

Personal Reaction

- The uses of reciprocal teaching, think aloud, questioning the author, ...

Mild / Moderate Authorization Program MILD / MODERATE AUTHORIZATION PROGRAM

INTRODUCTION:

Stefan exhibits emotional difficulties and has been formally diagnosed with ADHD by a medical professional. Stefan’s parent refuses to give him medication prescribed by the pediatrician, the student cares less about school, refuses to do any work, bolts out of the room at times, and often shows defiance when asked to behave or complete work. Stefan is however very social and likes to talk with other students, shows some younger students how to play baseball and looks at sports magazines, his records show low grades in reading tests. ...

Introduction

Special education is defined as specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability. Special education is put in place in order to provide additional services, programs, support and special environment for the learners. It is important to note that special education entails the provision for students with special learning needs. These needs are addressed through special education .In the USA ,special education is taken so seriously that it is governed by federal law in most educational jurisdictions .this is done under Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act(IDEA).There are various ...

Introduction

Since 1975 education has moved into another area as a result of the passage “Education for All Handicapped Children Act” (renamed “Individuals with Disabilities Education Act” in 1990), which implied teaching the students with special educational needs in mainstream schools (Lombardi & Butera, 1998). Although many schools have moved into the inclusive education, teaching students with special educational needs still remains a challenge for teachers and schools. The current paper will contribute to the existent literature regarding the inclusive education, by providing more information about the autistic students in an inclusive education. This paper discusses about the autistic children, as students with ...

Introduction

Play refers to behavior that is liberally chosen, individually directed and fundamentally motivated (Essa, 2009). It is one of the methods through which young children get to know about themselves and the environment around them. Play is a very essential part of early learning. Children are usually born with instinctive talents, and need to be guided on learning novel things through exploration and imitation by play (Wood & Attfield, 2005). Consequently, there is more than just having fun when children play. Play is very important for young children’s rational, emotional, and social development as they grow (Essa, 2009). The intent ...

There is a comprehensive and efficient way that teachers require to teach English Language Learning, ELL, students. This method requires teachers to be diversified in using instructions and be comfortable teaching the students. In the past, teachers used one size fits it all method to teach their students (Ward, 2009). The teacher taught the entire classroom of students. However, in today’s world, teachers do not use this learning method. This learning method is unfair to the entire students. The teachers use these various teaching methods to ensure that students achieve the goal of this learning process, which is ...

Educational system failure could be a national problem since education and knowledge are the root to everything new in life. Therefore, the instruction’s role and instructional strategies need to be precise and practical, which is one of the central focuses of executive education. According to Schon(1987), the instructor’s role needs to be reviewed. Instead of teachers using the traditional lecture technique, instructors should use more interactive techniques by promoting dialogue and role-play with students, as well as performing as coach or mentor. This would allow students to stimulate the discovery of new meanings along with new ...

Literacy is one of the areas of childhood development, which is considered as a barometer used to gauge future development and aptitude of the child. Generally, the goal of literacy instruction is for teachers to synchronize the early literacy approaches to engage children and also to offer a strong foundation for the children's literacy skills. Literacy development in young children has been viewed as a complex and dynamic process that requires input from all concerned stakeholders so as to ensure that a child acquires the right skills. Literacy development is therefore concerned about issues such as listening, reading, speaking, writing and even viewing, and ...

The paper ‘Learning Disabilities and Young Children: Identification and Intervention’ focuses on the identification of learning disabilities in children at an early age (i.e. from birth through about four years of age) and using effective instructional programs to promote development. Research has shown that intervention efforts are most effective during the critical period of pre-kindergarten years and they are important to establish a learning climate for students. An instructional program is most effective if it is based on a child’s needs and strengths, and also based on current research. Besides having well-defined goals and objectives, it should be based ...

Definition of Instructional Strategy

Instructional strategy refers to a plan that logically exposes learners to situations and experiences that help them attain verbal information, develop intellectual skills, new attitudes and motor skills (Rothwell and Kazanas 231). A designed instructional strategy is used as criteria to develop instructional material, to evaluate existing material, revise existing material, and provide a framework. The framework allows planning of homework assignments, class lecture notes, and interactive group exercises can be planned. Importance of using an instructional strategy is to assist in planning holistically. This contributes in timesaving and reducing the cost used in preparation and selection of instructional materials.

Types of Instructional Strategies

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Differentiated Instructions

Differentiated instruction has been widely elaborated to various institutions since the past decade. Basically, this involves the process of helping the students in acquiring knowledge: understanding, processing, and making sense of knowledge. This also covers the practice of developing teaching materials and methods which will allow students of different abilities and capabilities to learn effectively. It is acknowledged that without considering the learner and the desired outcome, no instructional strategy will be better than the other (O’Meara, 2010). That is, there will be no development of effective instructional system is the strategy will not be learner-oriented. Thus, in ...

Abstract

This research paper discusses adapting the learning environment for children with disabilities, first defining that learning environment and suggesting the disabilities that might be encountered. The research found that different disabilities and the degrees of those disabilities require correspondingly different types of adaptations to the learning environment in terms of modifications to classroom layout, lighting and furnishings, to classroom tools, equipment and play items, and in some instances even modifications to the building itself. It became apparent that a comprehensive plan is required, to achieve the goal of giving disabled children exactly the same learning opportunities as their peers. The ...

Learning Styles Inventory

This paper will discuss why learning styles are better interpreted as learning preferences. It will also describe an instructional model related to my personal learning style. In addition, it will discuss how an educator’s personal learning styles and preferences influence the teaching strategies used in the development and implementation of a course, and finally, how personal learning styles influence the development of an educational program. Discuss how Learning Styles may be better Interpreted as Learning Preferences Various definitions of learning styles have been advanced. Many of these definitions contain a common theme that is; a personal learning style is ...

This paper provides an insight on the effective pedagogical practices that can be used in the children learning. Some of these practices include the incorporation of ICT in early childhood education and some of effective direct instructional strategies that can have an impact in the learning process of children. Five common learning outcomes for children are identified. In addition, the paper outlines characteristics of effective teaching that contribute to effective teaching. Furthermore, the concept of culture in early childhood education is also discussed.

Keywords: Effective teaching, Pedagogy

Introduction

Early childhood education in Australia falls under the responsibility of each state. ...

Introduction

When I discovered that I was about to teach and gain experience in teaching, I of course was delighted because I immediately knew at that point how it could benefit me and my career in the future. I was expecting that I would really love teaching 7th graders and true enough; I fell in love with teaching.

Significant Experiences in Teaching

Some of the most interesting experiences I encountered during my entire 2 months length of teaching include a remarkable teacher-to-student interaction. I can never explain how much teaching gratified me as a person. I came to think that teaching may have been one of ...

Education Medical Issues

This article will focus on a student with Cerebral palsy. For known reasons, this article will avoid the student’s name and will refer to him as Anthony. Cerebral palsy has an effect on Anthony’s capability to perform physical activities. He has poor balance, and for indoor movement, he uses a walking frame. For outdoor movement, he uses a wheel chair. Anthony experiences high levels of muscle tone and his arms are less involved than his legs. His right hand dominates, and he is unable to write at the same rate as his classmates. All the same, he has the ability ...

Abstract

Demographic changes in the U.S. have significant impact on the economic, social and political structures of the country. The education system of the United States has been influenced for a long time by the demographic trends, connected with the substantial increase in the number of ELL students, who study in the American educational institutions. Today instructors and administrators face new challenges due to the rapid demographics shift and improved accountability as a result of NCLB Initiative. According to the U.S. research, the number of students with limited English proficiency grew from 77% between the years 1999 and 2000. Although the number ...

Abstract

Demographic changes that are observed in U.S. exert extensive influence within the economic, social and political structures of the country. The education system of United States has significantly for a long time been affected by some trends of demographic that are connected with substantial increase in number of ELL students who are studying in the American educational establishments. With the rapid demographics shift and increased accountability because of NCLB Initiative, administrators and educators face a surfeit of new challenges. According to a research that was conducted in the United States, limited English proficient students rose from 77% from the years 1999 to ...