When teaching a class with much information to cover, the instructors tend to fall into a trap that spoon-feeding information continuously. No matter how enthusiastic the instructors are, students will be overwhelmed. Some of the strategies may be of help as follows:
- Highlight the most important key points in the information.
- Simplify the information and build fun and relevancy so that all students can understand the meaning of the information.
- Use charting tools, Venn diagrams, concept mapping tools, outlining tools, and other tools to organize information visually.
- Help students learn and memorize the information. Use free association, songs, mnemonics and games to help students memorize the information.
- Use visuals, audio, videos, and games to make the information interesting and unique to learn.
- Use music, themes, or art to instill new meaning.
- Assign students into groups and have them organize information to disseminate to others. In this fashion, students take charge of their own learning and process information to share.
- Use cloze passages to get students’ attention to process the information.
- Provide challenges so that students can apply the information for other tasks. Engage students in debates, act out in skits,
