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Indicator
IV.C.3
Teaching aids and/or materials are
used at appropriate times during the lesson.
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Definition(s) and/or Explanation(s)
Teaching Aids:
Learning materials:
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enhance the effectiveness of
learning activities
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include, but are not limited
to, textbooks, computers, microscopes, and items in the media center
Learning tasks:
are activities in which
learners are engaged/involved that broaden their understanding of content,
topics, ideas, and/or integration/coordination of skills
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Classroom Examples
Elementary
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In a
fifth-grade art lesson, the teacher describes how different artists,
living at different times, paint in different styles. To make dramatic
contrasts during and after the discussion, the teacher shows an example
of a 17th century landscape paining from "pilgrim
times," and then shows a Picasso self portrait from "more
modern times." Learners are asked to compare and to contrast the
two paintings in their own words.
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After
teacher explanation and discussion, learners in an elementary Spanish-S
class use pictures to create dialogue for a story.
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In a
first-grade mathematics lesson, learners are directed to use number
cubes to show they can add and subtract objects after each example
provided by the teacher and other learners.
New
Elementary and Secondary
In a science
class, learners practice dissecting a frog. The teacher demonstrates how to
use a scalpel and a microscope. Learners then work in pairs, using the
scalpel and microscope to dissect and examine a frog.
Secondary
- When preparing learners to
do a research project, a teacher uses a laptop computer and a projector
to illustrate using an online card catalogue.
- In a ninth-grade Physical
Education class, the teacher describes and demonstrates the proper
technique for making a chest pass with a basketball. Learners are then
paired, provided with a basketball and allowed to practice while the
teacher monitors and provides corrective feedback.
New
Secondary
In a geography class, the
topic of discussion is lakes and rivers in North America. The teacher
displays a map of the world, and calls upon learners to locate specific
lakes and rivers in North America. Subsequently, some learners identify and
draw specific lakes and rivers of North America on a blank map.
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