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The Fourth Connection: 
Effective Teaching Strategies

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"Make a loop that looks like a rabbit's ear and pinch the bottom.  Now loop the other string around the bottom of the ear.  Very slowly pull it back through the hole so that you can make a second ear.  Pull the ears apart to make a knot.  Great job!  You've tied your own shoes for the first time!"

Did you learn to tie your shoes in this or a similar manner? You probably didn't learn to tie your shoes from a book, since you probably couldn't read. You also didn't learn how to tie your shoes following a graph or a table. Yet, you mastered this skill and immediately applied it to your daily life because it was important to you.

Learning by doing is how children learn. But learning by doing is not just a child's thing. Many adults learn the same way. Did you learn how to operate a computer by listening to a lecture? Probably not. You needed to touch it and "make it work" yourself.

However, when we teach adults in our GED programs, we often use teaching strategies that do not incorporate learning by doing or real-life applications. The Fourth Connection - Effective Teaching Strategies focuses on linking learning to real-life situations for GED students. As you work through this web-based training, you will have an opportunity to learn more about teaching using real-life situations and have an opportunity to visit some interesting sites on the web.

Throughout this web-based training, you will have an opportunity to view video clips from a GED class at Indian River Community College in Ft. Pierce, Florida. These 15-30 second video clips will provide you with a brief look at different strategies in action. One word of caution - if you are using a dial-up modem, expect that it will take a minute or so to download the video clip.

Welcome from Dr. Lucy Guglielmino

By the end of this component you will be able to:

• Define what is effective teaching
• Identify multiple teaching strategies
• Apply the techniques required to teach a strategy
• Apply teaching strategies to the five subtests of the GED 2002

This program was developed by Dr. Lucy M. Guglielmino, Florida Atlantic University, through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education.   Content Developed by Susan Pittman and Bonnie Vondracek. Web development by Dr. Debra L. Hargrove. Videography by Steve Foley, Foley Video Productions.

Disclaimer:  While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this web-based training component, it is not an official publication of the Florida Department of Education.