Teaching and the Use of Various Methods to Reach Students

Introduction

When teach you must understand the different goals and objective you’re trying to get across to your students. Your first plan of action is to submit a lesson plan and then to plan activities that will be resourceful in the classroom.

Authentic Learning Experiences

Textbooks published for curriculum for social studies will show pictures of different groups of people with interesting presentation of facts and pictures. Publishers look closely at different Standards to "ensure that their texts in general can meet as many state standards as possible" (Chapin, 2006, p. 23).Different books usually include different suggestions that can be used in the classroom.

The different types of studies help to contribute to the needs of the kids and for different types of learning styles.

By using authentic objects and experiences, students begin to see that social studies are a collective view of the world and relationships. Photos can be analyzed and compared to modern day living. "Trade books, observations, real life experiences, videos, field trips, skits, dramatic reenactments, simulations, and investigations are but a few of the many active learning strategies that can promote knowledge and skills"(Chapin, 2006, p. 169).

Multiple Intelligences

It is possible to use Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences (1983) in the planning process of a social studies unit. The musical cadence of "Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred and ninety-two" is remembered by many. Some people may have a memory of a school play of cutting down the cherry tree. The following are ways to assess using the multiple intelligences (Herrell, 2004) and can be adapted to social studies content:

1. Linguistic – Students can benefi...

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... needs to be learned. "To create successful assessment strategies, familiarize yourself with your students' individual learning styles. Knowing how your students learn best can help you choose approaches that will reach them most effectively" (TeacherVision.com, n.d., p. 2, par. 1). Instruction can be designed around different learning styles and connect prior knowledge to new knowledge, and so can the assessment. As a result, the assessment of those activities will also vary. "Students then need varying opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge based on the teaching, hence differentiated assessment" (Watson, 2008, par. 2).

Conclusion

Teaches use different factors that help reach their students potential. By covering all areas by different methods students will actively participate in the learning process and be able to have fun and to also learn the curriculum.