Day 12

Demonstration  Strategy

In today's class, after sir paper boat-making demonstration  we were asked to write our own definition of Demonstration Strategy followed by advantages and disadvantages of Demonstration Strategy.

Well my understanding is: Demonstration strategy is a teaching strategy, where students acquire new knowledge and skills following the teachers demonstration. Moreover it is learning be seeing and doing.

Each groups were asked to write advantages and disadvantages of Demonstration Strategy. And some good points collectively came up with following points:

 

Advantages:

1. Retains long term memory.
2. Encourages students active participation.
3. Effective interaction.
4. Motivate students to learn.
5. Arose curosity and interest.
6. Effective gain of attention.
7. Learning by seeing.
8. It is a unique strategy.

Disadvantages:

1. Time consuming.
2. Not appopriate to all kinds topics.
3. Lack in avalability of materials.
4. Not challenging to those who already knows.
5. Create dependency.
6. No creative thinking.