Effective Teaching Strategies with the Behavioral Outcomes Approach

Here are 15 strategies you can use in your classroom immediately, to adapt conventional teaching methods in a new, more practical, more effective way than ever before! These dynamic strategies are part of the new Behavioral Outcomes Approach(BOA) developed by Muriel Gerhard under a grant from The Fund For The Advancement of Education of The Ford Foundation. Proven in actual classroom settings, BOA is the most practical modern way to motivate pupil self-direction...develop thinking skills...increase knowledge...and improve learning at all levels of ability. Here's how this practical, easy-to-use guide will go to work in your classroom- Self-Directed Behavior: BOA motivates pupils to learn, and to continue to learn by themselves! A learning climate called Responsive Environment motivates pupils to instruct themselves, set their own goals, and measure their own achievement with a minimum of teacher direction. What this means is: *Increased class participation! *Improved self-discipline! * More thorough learning in all subject areas! Develops Thinking Skills: You'll be particularly pleased with the BOA method that gives you a systematic way to develop thinking skills/ The method enables you to develop pupil's thinking skills, while you teach subject matter quickly, easily! Your BOA thinking skills program comes with teaching aids that simplify the entire process: * Definitions and illustrations of the thinking processes * A Teacher's Periodic Table of the Thinking Processes * Sample questions and activities you can take right from the book! Accelerates Learning: Special BOA strategies enable you to easily determine realistic mastery levels for each student. This prevents pupil frustration... builds a positive attitude toward learning...eliminates the need for remedial instruction....accelerates the entire learning process! Simplifies Planning: BOA Learning Units replace the lesson plans used in traditional approaches. These units enable you to teach tool skills, thinking skills, and content material at the same time. They also simplify the planning process and increase teaching efficiency while they save you time and effort! The program comes complete with step-by-step directions for planning your own learning units, including a sample unit you can take right from the book! Easy-to-use: Behavioral Outcomes requires no special equipment, plant facilities, grouping or scheduling procedures. You get complete details on how you can adapt conventional methods to the Behavioral Outcomes Approach without adding to your teaching duties or causing any frustration to your pupils. If conventional methods have gone stale in your classroom, you'll want to begin using Behavioral Outcomes at once! The experienced teacher will admire its practicality. The beginning teacher will find its concrete guidelines and practices are indispensable tools. When you see the difference in your classroom, you'll agree that Behavioral Outcomes is a whole new adventure in teaching!