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54 3 Linking Learning Objectives, Pedagogies, and Technologies

Table 3.2 Possible instructional strategies to types of learning objectives
Types of learning objectives Possible instructional strategies/pedagogies
Motor skills Drill and practice
Part-task training
Mastery learning
Programmed learning
Direct teaching
Attitudes Role playing
Scenario analysis
Classroom Meeting
Experience-based Learning
Verbal information Drill and practice
Tutorial
Programmed learning
Games
lecture
Mastery Learning
Direct Teaching
Cognitive strategies Exploratory learning
Simulations
Socratic questioning
Group investigation
Intellectual skills—discrimination, Drill and practice
Concept use Tutorial
Case study
Lecture
Inductive thinking (classification)
Concept attainment
Advance organizer
Intellectual skills–principles Tutorial
Exploratory learning
Simulations
Case study; Games; Lecture
Debate
Intellectual skills—problem solving Exploratory learning
Collaborative learning
Collaborative knowledge building
Socratic questioning
Project-based Learning

Direct Teaching
Direct teaching is the pedagogy that makes mastering academic knowledge and
skills its central purpose. It can also be used to develop strategies for learning in a
wide variety of content areas (Schwartz & Beichner, 1998). Behavioral pedagogical
approach is appropriate for learning outcomes of motor skills and verbal infor-
mation. Possible pedagogical strategies include drill and practice, part-task training,