08 Instructional Strategies Free Online FlashCards

What are instructional strategies?

Instructional strategies are the methods and learning activities teachers use to help students achieve specific learning goals.

What makes a learning goal useful for planning?

A clear, observable goal states what students should know or be able to do and what evidence would show they have achieved it.

How can a teacher check students’ starting points?

Use brief questions, a short task, discussion, or prior work to identify students’ strengths and misunderstandings.

What sequence can move students toward independent application?

Plan a progression from introducing and modeling new learning to supported practice and then independent application.

What should guide a teacher’s choice of strategy?

Choose strategies that fit the learning goal, content, and students’ current understanding—not merely because a method is familiar or entertaining.

How can a teacher teach a new procedure?

Demonstrate the steps, think aloud, and provide guided practice before asking students to work independently.

What strategies can help students understand a concept?

Use examples and non-examples, visuals or concrete materials, and questions that reveal students’ reasoning.

How can instruction assess transfer of learning?

Give students a new problem or context where they must decide how to use what they learned.

What three kinds of options does UDL encourage?

Universal Design for Learning encourages multiple means of engagement, representation, and action and expression to support access and reduce avoidable barriers.

What is instructional scaffolding?

Scaffolding is temporary, adjustable support that helps a student complete a task they are not yet ready to do independently.

What are examples of instructional scaffolds?

Examples include breaking a task into steps, modeling a strategy, providing worked examples, and offering prompts or graphic organizers.

When and why should a teacher reduce scaffolds?

Reduce scaffolds as competence grows so students assume more responsibility for the learning task.