Effective Teaching Strategies

Mohamed Sujaau

BATEFL2011

FE, MNU

JIGSAW

Think, Pair, Share

• With students seated in teams of 4, have them number them from 1 to 4.

• Announce a discussion topic or problem to solve. (Example: Which room in our school is larger, the lab or staffroom? How could we find out the answer?)

• Give students at least 10 seconds of think time to THINK of their own answer. (Research shows that the quality of student responses goes up significantly when you allow "think time.")

Think, Pair, Share

• Using student numbers, announce discussion partners. (Example: For this discussion, Student #1 and #2 will be partners. At the same time, Student #3 and #4 will talk over their ideas.)

• Ask students to PAIR with their partner to discuss the topic or solution.

• Finally, randomly call on a few students to SHARE their ideas with the class.

Effective Questioning

• Plan your questions in advance.

• Ask both open and close ended questions.

• Consider the need for think time.

• Give equal opportunities for student responses

• Apply Bloom’s taxonomy.

• Nominate.

• Extend on student responses (probing and prompting)

• Appreciate student responses.

Explanation and Instruction process

Visual aids?

Sequence?

How? How long?

What will students

do exactly?

A picture is a thousand words

Use Realia

Use Collaborative learning

Group workPair work

Accountability?Group

dynamics?

Efficient Board WorkDiscussions Classwork

Animals

Fur

Wild

Food

Domestic

Format of an argumentative article

Introduction- generalisation

Body- Arguments with support- Critics’ view

Conclusion-take a stand and sum up.

Reinforcement &Feedback

Effective Lesson

Peer

Self

Corrective