Which of the following teaching method(s) is /are contributive to direct learning?
(a) Team teaching and lecturing
(b) Simulation and role playing
(c) Lecture with or without use of audio-visuals
(d) Participation in workshop and assignments
(e) MOOCs and heuristics
(f) Interactive presentations
Choose the correct option from those given below: -
(b), (d) and (e)
Direct learning refers to learning through active, first-hand participation and experience, where the learner is directly involved in doing, practising or experiencing rather than passively receiving information. Methods that place the learner in an active experiential role contribute to direct learning.
Among the listed methods:
Simulation and role playing put learners into lifelike situations where they act, decide and experience consequences directly.
Participation in workshops and assignments requires learners to do tasks themselves, giving hands-on, active engagement.
MOOCs and heuristics involve self-directed exploration and discovery, where the learner actively constructs understanding.
These correspond to statements (b), (d) and (e).
Why the other combinations are weaker:
Team teaching and lecturing, and lecturing with or without audio-visual aids, are essentially teacher-centred, expository methods in which the learner mainly listens and receives; these promote indirect (vicarious) rather than direct learning.
Interactive presentations, while somewhat participative, are still largely presentation-driven and do not give the same first-hand experiential involvement as simulation, workshops and heuristic self-learning.
Hence the combination of simulation and role playing, workshops and assignments, and MOOCs and heuristics best represents methods contributive to direct learning.
Correct answer: (b), (d) and (e)
Similar Questions
From the list given below, identify those teaching methods which have a great scope for dialogic discourses.
(a) Lecture with audio – video aids
(b) Team teaching
(c) Tutorials
(d) Problem solving methods
(e) Chalk and talk method
(f) Group discussions
Select your answer from the options given below :
Below are given two columns. Column – A lists methods of teaching and Column – B lists the focus of a method. Match Column – A with Column – B.
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To organize discussion method in teaching effectively, which of the following conditions should be met?
(a) Topic be easy
(b) Topic be declared in advance
(c) Topic of common interest
(d) Availability of more than one teacher
(e) Language facility of participants
Select appropriate answer from the options given below:Which of the following statements explains the concepts of inclusive teaching?
Assignment method of teaching is a combination of which of the following?
Heuristic method of teaching was developed by:
The __________ is a meeting of a select group of persons with common interests, confronting and discussing real-life situations and problems, organised for the purpose of diagnosing, analysing and seeking solutions to specific problems.
In which of the modalities of teaching-learning arrangements there is more scope for critical and creative interchange?
In the two sets given below Set-I indicates methods of teaching while Set-II provides the basic requirements for success/effectiveness. Match the two sets and indicate your answer by choosing from the code:
Set-I (Method of teaching)
(a) Lecturing
(b) Discussion in groups
(c) Brainstorming
(d) Programmed Instructional procedure
Set-II (Basic requirements for success/effectiveness)
(i) Small step presentation with feedback provided
(ii) Production of large number of ideas
(iii) Content delivery in a lucid language
(iv) Use of teaching-aids
(v) Theme based interaction among participants
Code: (a) (b) (c) (d)
In which teaching method learner’s participation is made optimal and proactive?
Important Questions from Methods of Teaching
If a triangle is isosceles, then prove that the measure of the opposite angle of the side of equal length is equal.
The above problem can be solved with the help of which of the following method?
"Unknown to known" is advanced in which teaching method ?
Arrange the following activities in correct sequence for micro teaching to be successful:
A. Reteach
B. Teach
C. Feedback
D. Plan
E. Replan
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Who is known as the exponent of the Question - answer method of teaching?
Induction method encourages___________
