Summary of key points

• Effective instruction should be: direct, structured, explicit, information process sensitive, relevant, and reinforced.
• Providing instruction on a strategy is a learner's approach to learning a task. The practitioners approach to an instructional task encourages learning of critical skills and knowledge. This approach focuses on how practitioners think about, adapt, and present the skills and critical knowledge in a "learner-friendly" fashion.
• Effective instructional planning should involve three components:
  • Content (the critical information and skills that need to be covered)
  • Process (how it will be presented)
  • Integration (how the information provides meaning for each individual)
• Content enhancement routines are instructional techniques to help organize large amounts of information, present information logically, further understanding of new concepts, and enhance the recall of information.
• When deciding on what type of instructional model to access, practitioners need to determine their current knowledge and skill in utilizing the method, the desired learner outcomes and their measures before decisions are ma de. In addition, any approach that is taken needs to balance both the learning strategies for skill development and instructional enhancements for understanding content and concepts. The 3 methods that were addressed in the module were:
  • Strategic Instruction Management (SIM)
  • Direct Instructional Method
  • Information Processing