Clarity is enhanced by any of the following effective methods:

• outlining the subject matter

• using advanced organizers

• linking current tasks with learning yet to be accomplished

• asking deliberate questions derived from current content and/or learning tasks

• emphasizing responses to learner questions about context and tasks

• are activities in which learners are engaged/involved that broaden their understanding of content, topics, ideas, and/or integration/coordination of skills

• vary from simple drill and practice to more complex tasks such as constructing creative solutions to problems through the generation and discussion of ideas

While engaging in a map reading lesson, learners in a fourth-grade social studies class are cautioned about confusing the words longitude and latitude.

In a second-grade science class, the teacher uses a Venn diagram as a strategy for learners to recognize the systems of matter and energy. This is followed by deliberate higher order thinking questions guided by the teacher to strengthen the concept.

Learners studying a unit on women’s history explore and expound upon the difference between the words suffrage and suffering.