Selection and

Use of Teaching
Strategies

Guiding Principles in the

Selection and Use of
Teaching Strategies
Learning is an active process
The more senses that are involved in
learning, the more and better the learning
Emotion has the power to increase retention
and learning

Guiding Principles in the

Selection and Use of
Teaching Strategies
Learning is meaningful when it is
connected to students everyday life
Good teaching goes beyond recall of
information
An integrated teaching approach is far
more effective than teaching isolated bits
of information

 An integrated approach
incorpotes successful,
research-based and brainbased instructional
strategies.

Some research findings about

the brain (Wolfe, 2001)
Without rehearsal or constant attention,
information remains in working memory for
only about 15 to 20 seconds. This implies
the need for memory aids.
Learning is a process of building neural
networks.

Some research findings about

the brain (Wolfe, 2001)
Our brains have difficulty comprehending
very large numbers because we have
nothing in our experience to hook them to.
The eyes contain nearly 70% of the bodys
sensory receptors and send millions of
signals every second along the optic nerves
to the visual processing of the brain.

Some research findings about

the brain (Wolfe, 2001)
There is little doubt that when
information is embedded in music or
rhyme, its recall is easier than when it
is in prose.

Brain-Based Strategies
1. Involving students in real-life or authentic
problem solving Sometimes students
ask us when and where they need this
and that they are learning in school.
2. Using projects to increase meaning and
motivation.

Brain-Based Strategies
3. Simulations and role plays as meaning
makers Not all curriculum topics can
be addressed through authentic
problem solving and projects.
4. Classroom strategies using visual
processing. A picture is worth ten
thousand words.

Brain-Based Strategies
5. Songs, jingles, and raps Content can
be more easily learned when they give
it a tune or make it into rhyme through
their personally composed songs,
jingles, and raps.
6. Mnemonic Strategies assist students
in recalling important information.

Brain-Based Strategies
7. Writing Strategies Make students write
their own word problems and make them
ask their classmates to solve them.
8. Active review Instead of the teacher
conducting the review, students are given
their turn.
9. Hands-on activities Concrete
experience is one of the best ways to
make long lasting neural connections.

An integrated approach is
also interdisciplinary and
multidisciplinary.
Example:
If you teach Science, you interrelate and
connect the topic care for environment
with the kinds of pollution and global
climate changes within the science subject
itself.

An instructional approach is
also integrated when it
includes the acquisition of
knowledge, skills as well as
values
There is no such thing as best teaching
method. The best method is the one that
works, the one that yields results.

Factors to consider in the

choice of a teaching method
1. The instructional objective
2. The nature of the subject matter
3. The learners
4. The teacher
5. The school policies

 When subject matter is quite difficult, it is

necessary that we employ the deductive
method.
The learners level of readiness is a factor
we cannot ignore
Other than multiple intelligences, the
learning style of every learner is another
thing to bear in mind.
The teacher is another factor to look into
the choice of strategy