Fifth Reflection Paper

Purposes of Inductive teaching:

·         Allows the students to draw generalization or concept from a particular unit of study.

·         Allows the students to be a discoverer in the learning process.

·         It allows the students to apply generalization or concept to a new circumstance

·         Students gain investigative skills.

·         It is student-centered.

How does Inductive Teaching enhance long term memory in learners?

Since the learners explores the information themselves and they try to analysis the information they understand what really the data is conveying. So the students can retain the information for a longer period of time. It is known that "we hear, we forget; we see, we remember; and we do, we understand".

Four phases of Inductive teaching Strategy:

1. Open-ended phase: Teacher shows the students some examples and non-examples of the concept of generalization. Then students are made to obverse and interpret the given examples and non-examples.\
2. Convergent phase: prompt students to identify the patterns in the examples.
3. Closure Phase: let students to come to the main concept.\
4. The application phase: application of definition with additional examples (transfer of learning).

Scaffolding: Scaffolding is an instructional technique whereby the teacher models the desired learning strategy or task, then gradually shifts responsibility to the students.

Merits of Inductive teaching strategy:

1.   involves observation; inference; classification and comparison.
2.   used at all levels of studies.
3. incorporates all the questioning technique.
4. ensures greater interactions.
5. motivates students to learn more.

Demerits:

1. time consuming.
2. minimum content coverage.
3. needs verifications.
4.  frustrating for low achievers.
5. all content cannot be taught.