Chapter 8-15 Education & Training

Preferred methods of absorbing and processing information

• Pull-out programs
• Learning Styles

Basic teaching formats, such as lectures and discussions, used to develop specific learning activities

• Instructional Methods
• Instructional Strategies
• Teaching Strategies
• All of the Above

People who learning best by performing hands-on or physical activities

• Auditory Learners
• Kinesthetic-tactile Learners

People who learn best by hearing or listening to information

• Auditory Learners
• Visual Learners

Howard Gardner's theory that individuals have a broad range of types of intelligence, each to a different degree

• Multiple Intelligences
• Multiple Learning Styles

The foundation of most specific learning activities that teachers plan in their lessons are:

• Closure

• Teaching Strategies

• Introductions

When the teacher is the person presenting the teaching material and directing student learning....

• Teacher Centered

• Student Centered

Most students learn in different ways but do not have a preferred learning style.

• True
• False

Lecturing is generally considered the most effective teaching method

• True
• False

To tap into individual student strengths, the teacher should do all of the following EXCEPT?

• Allow more student choice in ways to explore a given topic
• Help individual learners understand their strengths and how to use them
• Tell students exactly what is to be done and how to do it
• Help all learners by providing practice in intelligence areas that might be weak