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Unit–10: Levels of Teaching
Self-Assessment Notes
2. State whether the following statements are True or False:
(i) Thinking is as important to human development.
(ii) Reflective level of education is problem-centered.
(iii) It is the highest level of teaching.
10.10 Summary
• Teaching is a process of completing various tasks in the classroom which has a goal to motivate the
students to learn.
• Memory level teaching is thoughtless. Such learning situations are developed at this stage that the student
could easily memorized the contents taught. At this stage, the emphasis is on recall and cramming.
• Since almost facts are crammed at memory level so the process of forgetting is quite active. Nowadays
crammed facts are not useful in the daily lives of students
• It is necessary for Understanding level teaching that memory level teaching has already been done.
Understanding level teaching cannot succeed without this.
• Thinking is much important to human development. At this level, teacher increase thinking, logic
and imagination in students so that the student could solve their problems later through these
approaches. At this stage, education involves both the memory and understanding levels.
10.11 Keywords
• Cramming—To learn something again and again.
• Understanding—Better knowing.
10.12 Review Questions
1. Explain the Model of Memory level teaching.
2. What do you understand by Memory level teaching?
3. Specify the Model of Memory level teaching.
4. What is meant by Understanding level of Teaching?
5. Give some suggestions for Memory level teaching.
Answers: Self-Assessment
1. (i) Process (ii) Memory (iii) Teaching (iv) Content (v) Approach
2. (i) True (ii) False (iii) True (iv) False (v) True
10.13 Further Readings
1. Educational Technology—S.K. Mangal, P.H.I. Learning.
2. Basic Premise of Educational Technology—Yogesh Kumar Singh.
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