This document discusses effective teaching approaches that go beyond passive listening and involve hands-on learning activities and problem-solving. It notes that students retain 70% of what they say and 90% of what they say and do. An effective middle school program incorporates interdisciplinary instructional teams, active learning, and frequent technology use, which has led to positive reports.

1. By: XiaoJing CAI
August, 2012
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2. • Goes beyond passive listening
• Involves lots of hands-on learning
activities
• Plenty of problem-solving activities
• Help learners develop critical thinking skills
• To apply what has been learnt to real life
situations
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3. How much do students get 10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
from learning?
30% of what we see
50% of what we hear & see
70% of what we say
90% of what we say and do
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4.  A middle school instructional program
 Includes three precepts:
Interdiscipli-
nary Active
Instructional Learning
Teams
Frequent use
of
Technology
Lots of positive reports on the effects of this
program
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5. Two or more teachers share
-a common group of students
-A particular area of the school building
-A common planning time
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6.  Hands-on learning activities
 Having students work cooperatively in small
groups
 Activities with both visual & audio instruction
 Frequent use of modern technology
 Application of what has been learnt to real
situations
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7.  Using the web
 The use of internet as a person to person
conduit
-PGP Phone
-Internet Phone
-Net Meeting
-Apple’s Project X
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8.  One of the most effective teaching
approaches in education.
 Provides students with lots of hands-on
activities.
 The best outcome when students learn by
doing.
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