Issue 5: Instructional Strategies

Key Indicator 5.0: Use of interactive teaching strategies

National reports such as the NSF-commissioned Shaping the Future (M. George, et al, 1996) emphasize the importance of students having access to active learning experiences. This key indicator is intended to help portray the extent to which instructors use interactive teaching strategies in their classes, thereby promoting active learning experiences for their students.

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Indicator Number	Sub Indicator	Description
5.1	Instructors use a variety of teaching strategies	Helps to portray the extent to which instructors use in their classes a variety of instructional approaches, both lecture and interactive strategies.
5.2	Instructors use a variety of interactive (non-lecture) teaching strategies	The focus of this indicator is on the more interactive (that is, non-lecture) strategies that are used by instructors.
5.3	Instructors use strategies to promote student interaction	Describes interactions that instructors have with students, both in class and outside of class.
5.4	Instructors use a variety of mathematical representations while teaching	Uses made of various representations of mathematical concepts: graphical vs. other pictorial.
5.5	Instructors promote active engagement with mathematical content	Instructors' reported use of strategies to actively engage students in aspects of mathematical content: applications; modeling and reasoning.
5.6	Instructors are available to students outside of class	Extent to which instructors are available for interactions with students outside of class.