Models of Instruction

Presentation Instructional Strategies

• A tightly structured teacher-centered model designed to help students acquire & assimilate information expected to be learned
• n4 phases:
  1. 1.Presenting objectives
  2. 2.Use of advanced organizers to scaffold new information
  3. 3.Presenting information to be learned
  4. 4.Helping students extend and strengthen their thinking
• Using Presentation Lessons in the Classroom
  • nConnect content and advance organizers to student’s prior knowledge
  • nBe sure lesson delivery is clear by explaining links of information, providing examples with rules, and carefully planned verbal transitions
  • nHelp students extend and discipline their thinking by using higher order questioning and discussions
• Web Links for the Presentation Model
  • nIncreasing Comprehension by Activating Prior Knowledge. ERIC Digest
  • nCritical Presentation Skills–Research to Practice, ERIC Digest #449
  • nAdvance Organizers 
  • nIncreasing Comprehension by Activating Prior Knowledge. ERIC Digest
  • nSchema Activation, Construction, and Application. ERIC Digest.