Advances in Research on Instruction

I thought back to some of the teachers I have had and I realized that the teachers whom I learned the most from followed the guidelines set forth in the article. With this, I found some very important key components to teaching material to children. They are presenting new information in small steps with cognitive strategies and lots of practice and review, providing help for student processing, and, helping students organize their knowledge,

Presenting information in small steps seems so common sense; yet, people forget how crucial it is. All people remember information better when it is split into “chunks” and practiced before moving one to something else. For example, I

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For example, when students are reading from their social studies textbooks, the teacher could ask the students to look for ways in which the author formats paragraphs. The cycle would start all over again because the student had to understand the last lesson before they could do the next. Anyone can memorize facts and then regurgitate them back for a test. More than likely, they were taught a lesson, did the homework wrong, handed the homework in and before they even got their homework back, were taught a new lesson. Children will remember information better if they apply it. I know that I learn better when teachers begin the lesson with an outline. This way the teacher can see exactly what step the child didn’t process and re-teach it before it’s too late and the child is left behind. If teachers can teach with small steps, help the children practice, and organize the material they learn, they will probably get similar results as those mentioned in the article. I particularly liked the idea of using outlines. I myself, remember information better if I practice is over and over. The students gain a better understanding bigger, more complex information and the teacher can assess each student before moving on. When children are taught in a way that helps them apply the information in a meaningful way, they remember more.

Practicing was also a component that I thought was especially important.

Helping students process information is just as important as teaching it to them.

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