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Dance
classes can potentially have students with a wide range of
knowledge and skills. Students may exceed or fall short of
a course's general student expectations for a number of reasons,
such as supplemental dance training or newness to a school's
program. Additionally, dance classes support diverse approaches
to exploring ideas and media. The combination of different
experience and diverse learning styles makes individualizing
instruction an important teaching strategy in dance. Here
are a few ideas for individualizing instruction:
- Allow
each student to progress through the curriculum at his or
her own pace.
- Design
teaching strategies and curricula so that advanced students
can move ahead while others work on the basics.
- Explain
a lesson or demonstrate a technique to small groups of students
at a time.
Other
strategies teachers might use include:
- contracts
for independent learning
- learning
centers
- computer-aided
instruction.
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