Instructional Theory Into Practice Review August 2006

ITIP Review ► Four Critical Parts to a Lesson  Set  Objective  Active Participation  Closure ► Important to Use Proper Instructional Aids

ITIP Review ► Set –  Involve learners in active participation  Draw Upon prior learning  Relate to new learning  Use at the beginning  After an interruption or change of focus  Use at the end to prepare for new learning

ITIP Review ► Objective –  What  How Shown  How Well  Use Bloom’s Taxonomy ► Knowledge ► Comprehension ► Application ► Analysis ► Synthesis ► Evaluation

ITIP Review ► Active Participation –  Covert ► Think, Imagine ► Picture this  Overt ► Demonstrate ► Answer this question

ITIP Review ► Closure –  Closure is what the instructor does to bring the lesson to a logical conclusion by giving the learner an opportunity to pull together the things they have just learned  Critical Elements of Closure ► Summarizing by the learner, not the instructor ► Uses active participation ► Must be relevant, not just related ► Must focus on learning, not the activity

ITIP Review ► Task Analysis to Design Materials  Develop terminal objective  Brainstorm  Impeach  Determine dependent and non-dependent  Arrange in Order  Diagnose flaws in design

ITIP Review ► Incorporate Practice  Guided  Independent ► Use Motivation Properly  Level of Concern or Tension  Feeling Tone  Success  Interest  Knowledge of Results  Rewards

ITIP Review ► Use the Reinforcement Theory  Positive Reinforcement  Negative Reinforcement  Extinction ► Use the Principles of Retention  Meaning  Degree of Original Learning  Feeling Tone  Transfer  Modeling  Practice

ITIP Review ► Incorporate Appropriate Questions --  Test  Teach  Achieve Activity  Mental Pressure