Methodology 13

ACTIVE LEARNING METHOD (ALM METHOD)2
WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF ACTIVE LEARNING METHODOLOGIES IN THECLASSROOM? Active learning methodologies require that the student must find opportunities to meaning fully talk and listen, write, read, and reflect on the content, ideas, issues, and concerns of an academic subject. Merits of active learning are: Students are involved in learning. 1. less emphasis is placed on transmitting information and greater emphasis on developing students skills, 2. students are involved in higher-order thinking (analysis, synthesis, evaluation), 3. students are engaged in activities (e.g., reading discussing, writing), and greater emphasis is placed on students exploration of their own attitudes and values.“ Active learning shifts the focus from the teacher to the student and from delivery of subject content by teacher to active engagement with the material by the student. Through appropriate inputs from the teacher, students learn and practice how to apprehend knowledge and use them meaningfully.”