The Role of the Teacher in

Purposeful Learning
Clarifying Objectives
Setting realistic goals
Identification and clarification of associated
objectives:
knowledge
skills
dispositions
Motivating Students
manipulating materials and activities to
arouse interest
engaging in goal setting procedure with the
students
manipulating rewards and competition
providing knowledge of progress
Supplying a Model
persons as role models
verbal descriptions
audio visual models
supplying a working model to eliminate
needless trial and error
Sequencing the Subject Matter
logical organization
psychological organization to facilitate
learning
Guiding Initial Trials
establishment of correct responses
avoidance of habitual errors
aids pupil in understanding nature of
satisfactory performance
Managing Practice Effectively
laboratory and clinical experiences
not merely repeating same exercise
essential to goal attainment in psycho-motor
and cognitive areas
a teacher can manipulate whole-part
approaches
Helping Students Apply Knowledge

many specific examples

skillful use of non-examples to evaluate
transfer
Providing for Individual Differences

group students by ability

improving materials
sequencing the instruction
Assessing Student Work
help in reinforcing desirable learning
provide encouragement
provide yardstick to measure goals
Providing for Recall
systematic review
elicit this review from students
Evaluating Student Performance
establish policy
set criteria
make criteria public
assign grades