Planning and Resources

Classroom Teaching and Learning Strategies

All students can be successful learners. One way to ensure this is to employ different teaching strategies when you are teaching new material or material that you want students to understand better. Students have different learning abilities, and when you vary your teaching approach, you are more likely to meet the needs of all of your students. Your teaching strategies can, in essence, become learning strategies for both you and your students once they become adept at the methods. Try these strategies in your classroom, and see how contagious, and fun, learning can be!

"Learning Stations"
Gives a sample learning station time line to follow that works for any discipline.

"Problem-Based Learning"
Explains why problem-based learning is effective and gives step-by-step guidelines to help you develop a problem-based learning unit.

"Project-Based Learning"
Discusses how project-based learning benefits students and provides step-by-step guidelines to help you develop a project-based learning unit.

"Service-Learning"
Explains what service-learning is and gives tips for starting a service-learning project in your classroom.

"Short Takes"
Comprised of many innovative and entertaining teaching ideas to try when you want to engage your students and provide varied activities.

"Small Group Teaching Strategies"
Provides many ideas for small group learning and discusses the teacher's role in this learning environment.

"Workshops"
Provides a sample set of activities to use for the workshop format.