Communication & teaching process

Question 1

What is communication?

Answer 1

Communication takes place when one person transmits ideas or feelings to another person or group of people

Question 2

What are the 3 elements of communication?

Answer 2

1. Source
2. Symbols used in composing and transmitting the message
3. Receiver

Question 3

What are some barriers to effective communication?

Answer 3

1. Lack of common experience
2. Overuse of abstractions
3. Interference
4. Confusion Between the Symbol and the Symbolized Object

Question 4

What makes a question effective?

Answer 4

Question is adapted to the ability, experience, and stage of training of the student.
Effective questions center on only one idea.
A single question should be limited to who, what, when, where, why, or how and not a combination of these. Effective questioning must present a challenge to the student.

Question 5

What is a benefit of a closed answer question?

Answer 5

They are relatively easy to standardise and the data gathered easily lend themselves to statistical analysis.

Question 6

Open ended questions are designed to…

Answer 6

Encourage full, meaningful answers using the student’s own knowledge and perceptions while closed-ended questions encourage a short or single-word answer.

Question 7

What is the lecture method?

Answer 7

The instructor delivers knowledge via lectures to students who are more or less silent participants. Lectures are best used when an instructor wishes to convey a general understanding of a subject that students lack