The Importance Of Teaching Strategies

In an effort to combat such common issues, as procrastination and boredom, it is essential that educators, create teaching strategies that address the core concerns of the students. These core behavioral and emotional issues can be addressed through many means. The most prominent are that of making sure that the student(s) understand the relevance of the information in conjunction with their everyday interactions (Willis 2014, 31). While, ensuring that student have the ability to ask and/or be asked questions on their understanding level of the material (Xu 2015, 214). Another important trait that will assist students in wanting to learn is that of constant constructive feedback (Willis 2014, 35); that can be provided through entertaining

In implementing most differentiated teaching strategies it is important that the students have a means of knowing what is expected of them. This is most often implemented through the “posting of clear, concise, and positively phrased classroom rules that serve as a visual reminder for students” (Xu 2015). Based on known research this implementation, works well with “both students with and without LD” (Xu 2015, 213) This can also be implemented through verbal communication with the students, offing an opportunity to express what they feel and think about given situations. Another, method that can be utilized within teaching strategies is that of timeline and verification checks. This offers the educator the ability to remain abreast of the productivity level of the student. There is also great value in the power of oral explanations and demonstrations. The educator should utilize oral explanations and demonstrations, “to facilitate the completion of high-quality work, teachers

Maintaining a student’s interest is the purpose of differentiated strategies, anyway. But, is fun and entertainment a bonus or and educator’s go to? In my opinion, fun and entertainment are bonus features to the normal education structure. It is a relatable mechanism enhances the knowledge and curiosity level of the student. However, all educators do not agree, this definite solution, is also not the most feasible solution with all subject areas. After, careful research I found that fun is being looked at as an overrated go to solution for educators. Yes, it makes learning creative and intuitive, but it sometimes lacks the core educational foundations that some students need. Within the article, Going beyond fun in STEM, the authors Todd Pittinsky and Nicole Diamante, touch on a critical aspect of adding fun to the teaching environment. They noted that “too many students who still arrive at college academically unprepared for STEM majors or — perhaps more important — emotionally unprepared to stick it out when the subjects inevitably get tough” (Pittinsky 2015, 46). According to this article, fun and entertainment within the STEM content, is creating a knowledge gap for most American students. Within the STEM job market there are” projected to grow by 17% between 2008 and 2018 (Langdon et al., 2011)”, which roughly “1 million technical job