How do I make lessons

more efficient and

effective?

How to increase the rate

and durability of
learning in students?
1. Learning by Association

Students remember events, objects,

and emotions better if they are
closely associated with each other.
 2. Relevancy
The more meaningful and
relevant the learning and
its application to students’
s life, the easier it is to
learn.
3. Creating an Environment

The Teacher associates certain

actions, feelings with learning
activity to create an atmosphere
for learning. (e.g. Asking riddles)
 4. Timing
Mathematics always
taught in the first period
and Hindi during the last
period, student regard
mathematics as more
important than hindi.
5. Transfer of Knowledge
and skills learnt to life
situations
A Teacher can give
assignments or tasks to
practice and put to use
what students have learnt
in the classroom.
6. Use Sensory Perceptions

The more the students’

sensory powers (seeing,
hearing, smell, taste and touch)
are used during teaching,
better the learning will be.
 Particularly useful modes
are

a) Make students say their learning

loudly
b) Let them read and summarize it
and say it
loudly in front of someone.
c) Show them visuals as you teach
where
they can hear and see.
 READ,
SAY &
DO
READ & 90%
SEE
HEAR & 70%
SEE
SEE 50%
HEAR 30%
READ 20%
10%
 7. Vividness
The vividness, liveliness, using striking imagery in
narration, explanation, description and illustrations
impresses the students most and keeps their
attention glued to the Teacher and the lesson.
 8. Active Participation
Students responding to
questions, asking questions,
clearing their doubts,
expressing opinions,
discussing in pairs or groups
etc. are signs of active
participation.
 9. Provoke Feeling

Students learn better, and

faster in proportion to the
feeling, a Teacher can evoke
during the lesson. They can
be positive or negative,
depending the nature of the
lesson.
 10. Mnemonics
A word system
designed to help
memory. Teachers can
use this device to
remember new learning.
 11. Quick Feedback

A Teacher should give

specific, timely and complete
feedback (about how they
did) to students on
completion of a learning task,
as quickly as possible.
 12. Reinforcement
A reinforcer is anything
that strengthens behaviour.
It could be given in words
or rewards. It acts as a
powerful stimulus to
learning.
 13. Guidance
Guidance should be high
at the beginning of a task
but gradually decreased as
the student progresses.
Different students need
different degrees of
guidance.
 14. Practice
This is necessary when new
skills are taught. Practices like
drills and handwriting,
mathematical tables and
formulas, music, games and
physical education.
 15. Goal Setting
Goal setting can be done by
students themselves, or by
the Teacher of jointly
negotiated. When they are
involved in setting learning
goals for themselves,
students are motivated to do
better and learn more.
 16. Summarizing

Students perceive and

learn through their senses
of seeing, hearing, smell,
taste and touch. The more a
Teacher makes use of these
senses the better the
learning will be.
 17. Periodic Review
Any learning, if not actively put to use will
soon be forgotten. Hence, things once
learnt should be periodically revised.