Students explore course content and learn to ask questions, make discoveries, or solve problems.
Inquiry
Example of a Student-Centered strategy
Debate
Students engage by becoming directly involved in mock events or conflict.
Simulations
Students work together to perform specific tasks in small mixed-ability groups with shared responsibility for learning.
Cooperative learning
The teacher exhibits or displays an experiment, process, or skill to the class and discusses concepts embedded in lesson.
Demostration
Students present and/or discuss information on important topics.
Panel
Method where the teacher uses questions to draw out student thinking and analysis.
Socratic
A student works with the teacher to define a topic or concept for an individualized plan of study.
Independent study
Example of Teacher-Centered Methods
Lecture
Students engage in different pathways to learning designed to meet their needs and abilities.
Differentiated instruction