VARIATION OF STIMULUS 1. 2. 3. 4.

In teaching and learning process, teacher should use various ways to maintain students interest It can be done by changing the focus of the sense; otherwise the students will be bored. Variation of stimulus means teacher uses various activities to maintain student attention. There are 5 elements of variation skills: Change of teachers gesture, change of teachers movement, change of verbal pattern, change of sense focus and change of the students interaction. Change of teachers gesture Gesture is the movement of body, hand or head that can give meaning to what has been mentioned or emphasized. Example: to nod or shake the head. Change: hand head Hand b) stop

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Change of teachers movement Change: left right Front back

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Change of verbal pattern Pattern of verbal communication is the way we change the loudness and the pitch of the voice and also the speed and the intonation of the talk. Change: loud silent Slow fast

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Change of sense focus If we can use various senses in our teaching and learning process, we can ensure that the students will pay more attention to us. Change: touch the object listen to the sound/music smell the food taste the food Student-student interaction

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Change of student interaction Change: Student-teacher interaction.

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Principle of applying variation of stimulus; a) b) c) d) e) The changes of the teachers method and technique should be related to the objectives and content knowledge The changes of the activity should be interrelated Every step of lesson should have different activities Teacher should be able to change the stimulus base on the reaction from the student. Teaching aids should be able to change the senses in order to increase the effectiveness of the lesson

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The implication of using variation of stimulus: