Direct Instruction

This is a commonly used strategy in secondary teaching. It is a good way to present new information relatively quickly. It is the most teacher-directed approach to learning.

Lecture

This strategy is the most expedient and can maximize the amount of information that students receive. Sometimes a lecture can be used effectively to introduce new information that is necessary to further investigation. Its major drawback, however, is that it only involves students passively and information is not necessarily internalized. A lecture can be more effective if it is combined with any number of other strategies to stimulate thought and discussion. See basic cooperative learning strategies and consider how effectively they can be integrated into your lectures to promote thinking and engage students more actively.

Demonstrations

Demonstrations add a visual dimension to learning new concepts. Demonstrations are ways to show how a particular concept plays out under a controlled circumstance. Objects are manipulated to show how various factors affect it. Demonstrations can also be physical. The teacher or a student can demonstrate how to perform a particular movement, dance, song and so on.

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