Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Pick a Family, Any Family




When it comes to teaching strategies, there are four separate families; social, information-processing, personal, and behavioral systems families.

The social family is an indirect strategy that includes cooperative learning, peer tutoring, project-based learning, and reciprocal teaching. This family requires students to interact with one another.

The information-processing family is another indirect strategy. This strategy includes concept formation, inquiry learning, and synectics.

The personal family is direct. It allows for personal, individualized instruction to take place.

Finally, there is the behavioral systems family. This is a direct strategy which requires direct instruction, mastery learning, and computer-assisted instruction.

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