The Role of the Teacher in Purposeful Learning
Clarifying Objectives Setting realistic goals Identification and clarification of associated objectives: – – –
knowledge skills dispositions
Motivating Students manipulating materials and activities to arouse interest engaging in goal setting procedure with the students manipulating rewards and competition providing knowledge of progress
Supplying a Model persons as role models verbal descriptions audio visual models supplying a working model to eliminate needless trial and error
Sequencing the Subject Matter logical organization psychological organization to facilitate learning
Guiding Initial Trials establishment of correct responses avoidance of habitual errors aids pupil in understanding nature of satisfactory performance
Managing Practice Effectively laboratory and clinical experiences not merely repeating same exercise essential to goal attainment in psycho-motor and cognitive areas a teacher can manipulate whole-part approaches
Helping Students Apply Knowledge many specific examples skillful use of non-examples to evaluate transfer
Providing for Individual Differences group students by ability improving materials sequencing the instruction
Assessing Student Work help in reinforcing desirable learning provide encouragement provide yardstick to measure goals
Providing for Recall systematic review elicit this review from students
Evaluating Student Performance establish policy set criteria make criteria public assign grades