Demonstration Strategy:
Concept: is an act of showing an action with definite evidences or proof by the teacher then letting students to repeat the action with or without the guidance from the teacher. It is also a process of of learning by doing.
What is demonstration?
- An act of showing something by giving proof or evidence.
- An instance of somebody showing and explaining how something works.
What is demonstration method/strategy?
- Demonstration method is a visual approach to examining information, ideas and processes.
- It is a teaching method that allows students too see the teacher actively engaged as a learner and a model rather than merely telling them what they need to know.
Purpose
Teacher: Demonstration strategy allows learners to view a real or lifelike example of a skill or a procedure to be learned.
Student: Demonstration strategy allows the students to demonstrate mastery of a skills or procedure learned.
- To stimulate interest in a particular topic.
- T illustrate points efficiently.
- To provide a change of pace.
- Lack of equipment.
- Time constraint.
- Risky experiments.
Procedure
- Carefully plan the demonstration.
- Practice the demonstration.
- Develop an outline to guide the demonstration.
- Make sure everyone can see the demonstration.
- Introduce the demonstration to focus attention.
- Ask and encourage questioning.
- Plan a follow up to the demonstration.
Advantages:
- Seeing before doing: Benefit from seeing before having to do.
- Task guidance: Can be guided step by step.
- Economy of supplies: Less supplies needed because not everyone needs to handle material.
- Safety: Allows teacher to control potentially dangerous materials or machinery instead of students.
- Not hands-on: Not a direct hands on experience for student unless being lead step by step.
- Limited view: Students may not have an equal view of demonstration, so some may miss an aspect of the demonstration.
- Pacing issue: Not all students will be able to follow single paced demonstration.
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