COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course emphasizes teaching strategies that can be implemented within different types of lessons to promote teacher proficiency, student motivation, and achievable outcomes. Topics relating to teaching methods include direct, indirect, interactive, and independent instruction. By utilizing various teaching strategies and methods, an instructor can approach teaching topics in a variety of ways.

The goal of this course is to help develop a better understanding of the topic and produce tangible resources to help implement plans, strategies, and ideas at your school. In addition to lecture videos, possible resource links, and assessments, you will be able to utilize the Journal and Learning Activities. Take advantage of a method that best works for you. For example, these assignments can be completed in print form on legal pad, in a spiral bound notebook, or in an actual journal. You may also complete the Journal and Learning Activities in digital form, with a word processor of your choice, as a way to have useful materials to use after successful completion of the class.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

After completion of the course, learners will be able to:

• Identify, integrate, and evaluate direct instruction strategies
• Identify, integrate, and evaluate indirect instruction strategies
• Identify, integrate, and evaluate interactive instruction strategies
• Identify, integrate, and evaluate independent instruction strategies

COURSE SETUP

• You must complete a course section to unlock the next section
• You have unlimited attempts at the assessments
• A 70% or higher is required on each assessment
• You must complete the Course Completion Confirmation to receive your certificate.