Individualized instruction strategy.
It is also called differentiated instruction. Here teacher should not stick on a method but try with many
and they must observe the student individually.
Definition- Classroom practices of teaching
which recognizes the uniqueness of each student learner and thus provides for
adequate tutorial, guide and other support services suited to bring about development
in the person
Purpose of
Individualized instruction strategy
- To enhance and develop listening habit
- Enables the teachers to explain a lesson or demonstrate a technique to small groups of students at a time
- Individualizing instruction allows each student to progress through the curriculum at his or her own pace
- Long term retentions they note down what they usually understand
- Importance is given as individual not as group or class
- Careful use of teaching aids is encouraged
- Smooth and continuous lesson but timely interruption
- Uniform and equal learning despite of individual differences
- Less time and effort needed for re-teaching the weak areas
- Provide the normal students the opportunities and needs to make them successful
Principles of Individualized
instruction strategy
- Clarify key concept and generation to ensure that all learner gain powerful understanding.
- Use assessment as a teaching tool to extend various merely measure instruction.
- Emphasis critical and creative thinking as a goal in lesson design.
- Engaging all learners is essential.
- Provide balance between teacher-assigned and student assigned task,
Requirement of Individualized
instruction strategy
- Each student learn differently.
- All students are talented in different ways.
- Educating children with special needs.
- It meets the unique educational needs of the children.
- Teaching requires differentiated and individualized instruction.
Procedure for Individualized
instruction strategy
1) Content
- it includes the knowledge, skills and the attitude we want children to learn
- Must have the tasks and the objectives to achieve the learning goals
- Teacher must focused on the principle and the skills
2) Process- in include varying learning activities to
provide appropriate method for the students to explore concept
3) Product
- Initial and on- going assessment of student’s readiness and growth are essential
- Students are active and responsible
- Varying expectation and requirement for the student’s responses
Advantages of Individualized
instruction strategy
- Meeting needs and interest of diverse learners.
- Help student’s background knowledge, language, readiness and preferences in learning, interests and to react responsively.
- Maximizes each students growth and individual success.
- Helps in providing for the uniqueness of each children.
Disadvantages of Individualized
instruction strategy
- Time constraint and chopped up schedules are an obstacle.
- Class size and teaching load are two of the biggest constraint .
- Teacher preparedness.
