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Andrea Guinn
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Instructional Strategies

1. Math

https://www.weareteachers.com/strategies-in-teaching-mathematics/

The type of instructional strategy this website uses is practice problems. I used number one on

the list. This strategy involves having the students practice and believing that they can learn.

Just because they are not born with the natural talent of being good at math doesn’t mean they

will always be bad. With practicing they will be able to succeed at math or anything.

This is good for any age group.

2. Science

http://www.teachhub.com/jigsaw-activities-science-learning

The type of instructional strategy this website uses is the jigsaw strategy. Using the jigsaw

strategy in science is a true way that scientists collaborate to solve problems and come up with

new ideas. This is true in many fields of science like engineering and medical fields. The

scientists are able to collaborate and find out more information by listening to others. This will

prepare the students and show them how the science world works if they are interested in that for

a future career.

This is good for any age group.

3. Reading
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https://www.berkeleycountyschools.org/cms/lib02/wv01000962/centricity/domain/34/emergentli

teracy.pdf

The type of instructional strategy that is used here is skits and acting things out. Using this

strategy helps the students understand the story they are reading more because they are able to

see the motions and hear the words that the reading is composed of. This is a good way to help

the students interact with one another and work on their fluency and reading skills.

This strategy is good for any age group.

4. Social Studies

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/new-approach-learning-centers/

This site was describing the instructional strategy of learning centers. This is the strategy where

you go from one station to the next to learn something new. This site was describing a new and

modern way of doing this with technology. I think this would be a great strategy for social

studies because if you are learning about the civil war you could have different major battles and

activities at each station for the students to go around to. This would be a great way for students

to learn about each battle and be up and moving while doing it.

This strategy is for any age group and virtually any subject.

5. Language Arts

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-6424-1_4

The strategy used in this link is about incorporating movement into the language arts subject.

Incorporating movement into your learning is good for the students learning and physical activity

for the day. It allows the students to get up out of their seats and get their blood to flow again.
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This site also lists ways of incorporating movement into your lessons. I think this would allow

the students to focus more because of the proper blood flow and would help them become more

physically active.

This strategy is good for any age and any subject.

6. Reading

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:reading%20self%20reflection

The site is using the strategy self-reflection in reading. This site allowed me to look at actual

worksheets the teachers use with their students to self-reflect on what they read and learned. I

think this would be a good activity to do to ensure the students learning and understanding. It

would be a simple worksheet for them to work on so they can think about what they read and

write down what they remember which may help them on later assignments with the same book.

This strategy is good for any age and any subject.

7. Math

http://www.ldonline.org/article/61885/

This is about using visual aides in math. According to this all students can benefit from seeing

what they are learning. I think this is true in some cases but some students don’t prefer visual

learning. However, the visual aides such as graphs and charts does help students understand

what the data they collected is and how it compares over time. This ability to see the differences

in the numbers is a great way for students to know more about the data they collect.

This strategy is good for any age and subject.

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8. Physical Education

https://sparkpe.org/blog/using-technology-in-physical-education/

The strategy used on this site was incorporating technology in physical education. Many people

don’t understand how you could incorporate technology in an exercise setting, but with the

technology we use today it is possible. We are able to track our fitness daily with watches and

we can track our heartrates and steps as well. More and more people are turning to these

technologies to see how their exercise and movement is improving and teaching the students how

those numbers help their health would be a great way to incorporate technology into exercise.

Useful for any age and subject.

9. Science

https://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=50045

The strategy in use on this website is direct instruction. This website says that direct instruction

is the most effective in science classes. To incorporate this into my classroom I would try to

pass as much knowledge as I could on to the students, so they may become successful as well.

By doing this I would come up with lessons that they will be able to understand and make it

interesting and relatable to them, so they can make connections.

Useful for upper elementary and any subject.

10. Math

https://www.tes.com/sites/default/files/tes_guide_to_mastery.pdf
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The strategy found on this website was mastery of math. Mastery is something that math

students must have because math is a scaffolding subject. You first learn adding and subtracting

then from that you move on to multiplying and division and so on. You must learn the basics

and be good to move on to the next level. That is where mastery comes in. To do this I would

go back to the old fashioned math facts to help the students master what they must know to grow

as a student.

Useful for upper elementary.

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Reflection

This artifact was an assignment in the class Educational Psychology. This assignment

was create to help the students recognize different instructional strategies. I had to look at 10

different websites that had different instructional strategies and figure out what they were and

how I would incorporate these strategies into my classroom. I found this assignment very

interesting to see how many instructional strategies there were. At the beginning I thought there

would only be a couple; however, as I began to see all the different ways of teaching, I realized

there are multiple ways to teach a lesson. This helped me see the reality of teaching because

now I can create a lesson and know that I can shape it how I want and still get good outcomes

from the students.

This artifact relates to the INTASC standard eight, the teacher understands and uses a

variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content

areas and other connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways. This

standard is shown in my artifact because I have found multiple instructional strategies on the

given websites and have given an example of how these strategies can be used in a classroom.

This assignment has shown me there are many instructional strategies to choose from and that

using a different strategy now and then in your class will engage the learners and get them

interested in the lesson.

My goal is to create lessons that are diverse in these instructional strategies. After this

assignment I think it is important to change up your instruction throughout the week to keep the

students engaged and focused on the lessons. To do this I would try to incorporate a new

strategy once or twice a week and see how the students learn compared to my everyday lessons.

This will help me and the students get the best results throughout the year.