TEACHING-STYLE ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE

How often do you use the following teaching methods?

Whole Class Activities Very Often Some- Hardly Never Notes
often times ever
Lecture/Teacher talk x
Question & Answer x
Demonstration x
Watching a video/film x
Notice board style displays
Overhead projector x
White/blackboard x
Teacher led whole class discussion x
Free flowing whole class discussion x
Visits x
Dictation x
Individual Activities Very Often Some- Hardly Never Notes
often times ever
Essay writing/formal reasoning x
Exam paper questions x
Worksheets or other individual work x
Self produced handouts x
Commercially produced handouts x
Homework/private study x
Individual assignments x
Student personal choice in an x
assignment
Individually negotiated activities x
Experiments/Investigations - x
"recipe" type
Experiments/Investigations - x
"discovery" type
Regular tests x
End of year/course tests x
Library research/ information x
seeking
Case Studies x
Demonstration x
Practical x
Visits/visitors x
Interviewing/surveys/questionnaires x
 Individual Activities (continued) Very Often Some- Hardly Never Notes
often times ever
Self evaluation & individual target x
setting
pre-tests x
One-to-one teaching x
Question and answer x
Reading textbooks/journals etc x
Computer aided learning x
Use of word-processing x
Use of computerised spreadsheets x
Use of computerised databases x
Use of the Internet/WWW etc x
Use of computerised graphics/DTP x
Small Group Activities Very Often Some- Hardly Never Notes
often times ever
Buzz groups x
Small group discussions x
Small group role play x
Large group role play x
Drama x
Student presentation in groups x
Student presentation individually x
Student led discussions x
Debate x
Small group assignments x
Guided discovery or what's your x
theory
Games x
Card games x
Case studies x
Practical x

x A x D
Frequency
method is

How to use these questionnaires: Students complete the

teachers
used by

Learning-style Preference Questinnaire, while Staff

complete the Teaching-style Preference Questionnaire.
Responses are scored for each teaching method on a five x C x B
point scale, five for 'very often' or 'very well'. Student's
scores are averaged to
give a score for each Student preference
teaching method.

The Teacher's score for frequency of use, is plotted against

student score for how well they learn. There will be a point
on the graph for each teaching method. (You need not plot
all methods, just those with high or low scores from either
students or teachers.) If a teaching method is in regions D
and C this is good news, Regions A and B suggest useful
changes can be made.