Assure

The ASSURE Method / Model

A – Analyze Learners

S- State Objectives

S- Select methods, Media, and Materials

U- Utilize Media and Materials

R- Require Learner Participation

E- Evaluate and Revise

ASSURE

A method used originally by the US Air force

When Dr Robert Gagné was the Director of the learnig Laboratory.

His learning theory called the "Conditions of Learning".

His research revealed that a well-designed lesson begins with the arousal of the student.

The break down of ASSURE

A- Analyze Learners: A common ground between the learner and the content of the method, media and materials to be used is vital in the success of instruction. While impossible to examine every trait, there are several that are critical and need to be taken into consideration when making instructional decisions.

3 traits worth analyzing …

General Characteristics

Learning Styles

Specific entry competencies

General Characteristics

Even a superficial analysis of general characteristics can provide great leads into selecting the correct support material, methods, and media

Among the basics: Age Gender Grade Level Culture

More… Different groups of students call for different

approaches. Homogeneous groups are rare and even when working with one, their instructional demands may call for further analysis.

People remember 20% of what they hear, 10% of what they read, 30% of what they see, 50% of what they hear and see, 70% of what they say and write, and 90% of what they say as they do it.

Learning Styles

Learning Styles are based on how the individual perceives, interacts, and responds to a learning environment.

Dr Howard Gardner believes that not all people learn in the same way and they do not have the same abilities. Gardner identified 7 different intelligences (later revised to 9…

Naturalist and Existentialist.

Gardner’s Theory

Implies that teachers and administrators, as well as curriculum planers and media specialists need to work together to develop a curriculum in which the students can develop these different intelligences. He also stated that student’s strengths and weaknesses in each of these areas vary.

Specific Entry Competencies

Two assumptions that will come back to haunt you : The student lacks the skills and knowledge for what

you are about to teach them

The student possesses the skills and knowledge for what you are about to teach them

We all know what happens when we ASS-U-ME

What to do about Assumptions?

Verify them

Entry Test

Interviews

Set Prerequisites

Other factors

There are other factors to be considered when assessing competencies:

Motivation

Physiological factors (health, gender, hunger, temperature

Next Letter

S- State objectives: What learning outcome is every student / participant expected to achieve?

Remember that an objective is what will be achieved, not how it will be achieved.

Objective should always be as specific as possible

ABCD’s of Well-Stated Objectives

Audience

Behavior

Conditions

Degree

Audience

In a learning environment, learning is measured not by what the teacher is doing, but by what the student is doing.

Learning is more likely to take place when the learners are actively participating; mentally and/or physically.

Behavior

It is important to be clear as what the learner is able to do after completing instruction…

Terms like Know, understand, appreciate, and others like them are consider vague and non-observable.

Use of terms like describe, enumerate, develop, categorize and demonstrate is preferred because they denote observable performance.

Conditions

Conditions in which the performance is to be observed should be included. How is it going to be done?

Example: student will identify tropical fruits. How is he/she going to do that? From a picture, a film, tangible object?

Would the student be able to see notes?

Is there a time frame?

Degree

As in degree of accuracy.

How accurate the performance needs to be?

Example: After learning the use of a manufacturing machine, how many units shall the learner produce? In how long?

The degree along with the conditions are often left out of the lesson plan…. A mistake !!!!

Keep it simple, Keep it simple!!

Do not re-invent the wheel

Do not be afraid to ask

Seek help

Show how good the material is, not the media

Utilize Media and Materials

Availability of Media is an ever-changing matter

Who is using it is what matters

Student centered

5 P’s…

Preview the materials: Save yourself from some embarrassment

Prepare the Material: Do not Assume! Prepare the environment: Have everything ready Prepare the learners: Introduction and

motivation… give some expectations Provide a learning Experience: They remember

your presentation, not you giving it!

Require Learner Participation

John Dewey

Learning theories

Curricular design

Feedback

Evaluate and Revise

Remember that you are not only evaluating the material …but the media used as well.

Evaluate thoroughly and often Do not be afraid to modify on the go …

sometimes it is needed Assess depending on the nature of the

objective Use as many different evaluation as possible

ASSURETHE END