Activities
Benefits
Criteria
Guidelines
100
The most basic activity in which students are presented one problem or question at a time
What are flash cards
100
Students find out right away whether they did their work correctly
What is immediate feedback
100
A benefit that allows students to choose an answer rather than entering one themselves so that there is discrimination between correct and incorrect answers immediately
What is answer judging
100
These are necessary so that students don't become bored
What are time limits
200
Software moves students on to advanced questions after they get a certain number of questions correct at one level
What is a branching drill
200
Teachers can address other student needs
What is saving teacher time
200
Benefit that allows students to have as much time as they wish to answer questions
What is control over presentation rate
200
Teachers can utilize these to serve students with certain weaknesses
What are learning stations
300
Students are asked to complete a whole set of answers
What is a chart fill-in activity
300
Software doesn't become impatient or judge the students if they don't give correct answers, giving the students this
What is motivation
300
Benefit that involves motivating students to try to answer questions correctly by displaying, for example, a smiley face or frowning face
What is appropriate feedback for answers
300
A teacher may divide students into groups to compete with each other
What are individual assignments
400
Students receive detailed notes on why they got questions incorrect
What is an extensive feedback activity
400
The automatic recall of lower order prerequisite skills that students must have to master higher order skills quickly
What is automaticity
400
Benefit that must be simple and display quickly
What is appropriate feedback for answers
400
Teachers often use these to match students to their specific learning needs because not all students need all kinds of practice that a drill provides
What are learning stations