Instructional Strategies & Techniques Flashcards
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A tutor is working with an advanced student who has mastered the standard curriculum. Which strategy is most appropriate?
Answer: Provide curriculum compacting and enrichment activities
Curriculum compacting removes already-mastered content and replaces it with enrichment that provides appropriate depth and challenge for advanced learners.
When teaching a student to write, the tutor models the writing process by composing a paragraph aloud while the student observes. This is an example of:
Answer: Cognitive modeling
Cognitive modeling makes the tutor's thought process visible by verbalizing decisions, choices, and self-corrections while performing the target skill.
A student freezes during timed tests despite knowing the material. The tutor should first:
Answer: Conduct desensitization practice with timed low-stakes exercises
Graduated exposure to timed conditions in a low-stakes environment helps reduce test anxiety while building familiarity and confidence with time pressure.
Which principle states that information presented in both verbal and visual formats simultaneously leads to better learning than either format alone?
Answer: Dual coding theory
Dual coding theory, developed by Allan Paivio, proposes that verbal and visual channels process information independently and that using both enhances encoding and recall.
A tutor ends every session by asking the student to write down three things learned, two things still unclear, and one question for next time. This strategy is called:
Answer: 3-2-1 exit strategy
The 3-2-1 exit strategy is a brief formative check that promotes reflection, surfaces lingering confusion, and informs planning for subsequent sessions.
When a tutor presents a real-world problem without a predefined solution path and guides the student to investigate and construct understanding, this is called:
Answer: Problem-based learning
Problem-based learning uses authentic, ill-structured problems as the vehicle for developing both content knowledge and problem-solving skills.
A tutor notices a student loses focus after about 15 minutes of sustained work. The most evidence-based adjustment is to:
Answer: Incorporate brief movement or mental breaks every 15–20 minutes
Short breaks restore attentional resources and improve subsequent focus; research supports activity breaks every 15–20 minutes for sustained cognitive performance.