Which THREE are teachers less likely to use often. Explain why teachers MAY NOT use these methods. Then tell why you think they should incorporate them more in their classroom instructions.

1. Comparative analysis. A thought process, structured by the teacher, that employs the description, classification, and analysis of more than one system, group, or the like in order to ascertain and evaluate similarities and differences.

2. Conference. A one-to-one interaction between teacher and learner in which the learner's needs and problems can be dealt with. Diagnosis, evaluation, and prescription may all be involved.

3. Demonstration. An activity in which the teacher or another person uses examples, experiments, or other actual performance, or a combination of these, to illustrate a principle or show others how to do something.

4. Diagnosis. The continuous determination of the nature of learning difficulties and deficiencies, used in teaching as a basis for the selection, day by day or moment by moment, of appropriate content and methods of instruction.

5. Direct observation. Guided observation provided for the purpose of improving the study, understanding, and evaluation of that which is observed.

6. Discussion. An activity in which pupils, under teacher or pupil direction, or both, exchange points of view concerning a topic, question, or problem to arrive at a decision or conclusion.

7. Drill. An orderly, repetitive learning activity intended to help develop or fix a specific skill or aspect of knowledge.

8. Experimentation. An activity involving a planned procedure accompanied by either the control of conditions or a controlled variation of conditions, or both, together with observation of results for the purpose of discovering relationships and evaluating the reasonableness of a specific hypothesis.

9. Field experience. Educational work experience, sometimes fully paid, acquired by pupils in a practical service situation.

10. Field trip. An educational trip to places where pupils can study the content of instruction directly in its functional setting, for example, factory, newspaper office, or fire department.

11. Group work. A process in which members of the class work cooperatively rather than individually to formulate and work toward common objectives under the guidance of one or more leaders.

12. Laboratory experience. Learning activities carried on by pupils in a laboratory designed for individual or group study of a particular subject-matter area, involving the practical application of theory through observation, experimentation, and research, or, in the case of foreign language instruction, involving learning through demonstration, drill, and practice. This applies also to the study of art and music, although such activity in this instance may be referred to as a studio experience.

13. Lecture. An activity in which the teacher gives an oral presentation of facts or principles, the class frequently being responsible for note taking. This activity usually involves little or no pupil participation by questioning or discussion.

14. Manipulative and tactile activity. Activity by which pupils use the movement of various muscles and the sense of touch to develop manipulative or perceptual skills, or both.

15. Modeling and imitation. An activity frequently used for instruction in speech, in which the pupils listen to and observe a model as a basis upon which to practice and improve their performance.

16. Problem solving. A thought process structured by the teacher and employed by the pupils for clearly defining a problem, forming hypothetical solutions, and possibly testing the hypothesis.

17. Programmed instruction. Instruction using a workbook together with either a mechanical or electronic device, or both, which has been programmed by (a) providing instruction in small steps and (b) asking one or more questions about each step in the instruction and providing instant feedback if the answer is right or wrong.

18. Computer-assisted instruction. An activity in which software programs provide students with practice in key skill areas or are used to search for further information about selected topics.