WHAT IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY... ?

An instructional strategy is a method you would use in your teaching (in the classroom, online, or in some other medium) to help activate students' curiosity about a class topic, to engage the students in learning, to probe critical thinking skills, to keep them on task, to engender sustained and useful classroom interaction, and, in general, to enable and enhance their learning of course content. The goal of an IS is to enable learning, to motivate the learners,

to engage them in learning, to help them focus. There is NO one best strategy; we can select from several instructional strategies for just about any teaching episode. It is important to vary your instruction to not only keep the students' interest but also to allow them to interact with your content in a variety of ways.

Many instructors use the instructional strategy of lecturing, but within that they often ask questions, have students write something, show images on a screen, make some kind of presentation, write notes on the board, etc.

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