Teaching With Multiple Methods in Mind

by: Mark Vondracek

Teachers know what a daunting job it can be to ensure that all students in a class learn effectively. In addition to the usual difficulties of gaining everyone’s attention at once, instructors also run into the issue of preferred learning styles. In any classroom environment, the same topic is taught to multiple students, and each student may prefer to learn a certain way. Therefore, this article presents a teaching model that uses multiple methods to maximize their understanding. This model can be used when introducing a new topic, such as a unit on resister circuits, which is illustrated here.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2009Stock # tst09_076_03_38Volume 076Issue 03

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