Lecture: Teacher gives an oral presentation interspersed with opportunities for reflection, clarification, and sense making.
Drill and Recitation: Teacher helps students memorize and recall information with accuracy and speed.
Direct Instruction: Teacher systematically explains a new concept or skill followed by guided practice under the teacher’s guidance.
Strategy-Based Instruction: Teacher explains and helps students acquire the strategy, models, the strategy, and provides guided practice and feedback to students as they internalize the strategy.
Coaching: Teacher makes criterion-referenced observations about a student’s performance and provides immediate, specific feedback in order to improve the student’s performance.
Concept Attainment: Teacher systematically leads students through a controlled discussion during which students compare and contrast characteristics of examples and non-examples of the category or concept.
Demonstration/Modeling: Teacher serves as an example for students who, in turn, are able to replicate the actions and behaviors in other contexts.
Socratic Questioning: Teacher poses a carefully constructed sequence of questions to students to help them improve their logical reasoning and critical thinking about their position on an issue.