He claims that these styles converge into four different clusters that, like colors on an artist's palette, make up the characteristic ways professors design instructional settings. A brief description of each cluster is detailed below. You can find specific details by clicking on the links. This approach encourages students to observe processes as well as content. Teachers design activities, social interactions, or problem-solving situations that allow students to practice the processes for applying course content.
Teachers provide complex tasks that require student initiative, and often group work, to complete.
A prototype interactive instrument is being tested at ISU's Faculty Computing Resource Center. Take Teaching Style Inventory to reflect on your teaching style. A web site allows the teacher to bring together a collection of passive and interactive media to help students learn specific material. The site may serve as an additional resource for a traditional classroom or as the sole site for a distance education course. Rather than accumulating media choices, however, instructors can begin by analyzing the teaching style they believe will work successfully and selecting appropriate instructional methods.