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Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learners

  • Motivating Your Students

  • Providing Clear Directions and Explanations

  • Using Concept Maps and Other Visualization Tools

  • Using Student Achievement and Feedback to Improve Your Teaching

  • Using Advanced Questioning Techniques

  • Developing Self-Directed Learners

Providing Clear Directions and Explanations

Rationale

Instructor clarity improves student outcomes and motivation, results in higher grades on end-of-course instructor evaluations, and is positively associated with students’ perception of their learning (BrckaLorenz, Cole, Kinzie, & Ribera, 2011; Chesebro & McCroskey, 2001; Sorcinelli, 2005).

Practices

  • Explain the purpose of the activity or assignment

  • Break directions into appropriate steps

  • Provide written directions

  • Model the activity in class

  • Create a video to provide complex directions online

  • Provide organizational cues (forecast, highlight, signal transitions, repeat)

  • Appropriately pace information

  • Ensure vocabulary is accessible

  • Include multiple examples

  • Create a video explaining complex content online

  • Provide worked examples

  • Integrate visuals (diagrams, videos, pictures, etc.)

  • Use a class or online activity reaction survey

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