To achieve the goal of teaching, the teacher must adopt effective teaching methods in education. The

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TELLING METHOD 

Telling  method  according  to  Marthur  (1962:110),  is  the  pedagogical  method  whereby  the  teacher 

makes  a  brief  oral  presentation  of  some  fact  of  concept  of  educational  significances,  it  is  a  method 

often resorted to by teachers for supplying the students with information above events, incidents and 

simple facts. 

ADVANTAGES OF TELLING METHOD. 

i.

 

Telling is particularly useful as a teaching method when: 

ii.

 

Introducing new topics 

iii.

 

Summarizing work 

iv.

 

Reviewing work 

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v.

 

Supplementing information furnished by students and text books. 

vi.

 

Developing the work of the class 

vii.

 

Giving illustrative talks 

viii.

 

Giving inspiration talks. 

ix.

 

Introducing important incidental information. 

DISADVANTAGES 

i.

 

It is not possible to elicit the information for the students or make them active participants in 

the learning process. 

ii.

 

The  presentation  may  not  be  logical  if  the  teachers  (presenters)  have  got  inadequate 

imagination, accurate and wide knowledge. 

iii.

 

The presentation may be boring if the presenters have not collected adequate information and 

facts on the topic at hand. 

Nevertheless this method is almost applicable in all subjects. To enhance it, every teacher should know 

that telling is an art. As alluded to, a teacher should have variety of facts of the story to tell the class.  

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ANALYTIC METHOD

 

According to Montessori (1917:211) defined analysis as, ―the breaking up of the problem in hand so 

that it ultimately gets connected with something.‖ In other words, it is the process of unfolding of the 

problems or conducting its operation to know its hidden aspects. For example, this method requires us 

to  start  with,  what  we  have  to  find  out.  Then  we  think  of  further  steps  and  possibilities  which  may 

connect the unknown with known and lead us to find out the desired result. 

Thorndike says that, ―all the highest performance of the mind is analysis. Analytical method can be 

used in the teaching and learning of mathematics and other related objects therefore can be improved 

by encouraging students to do some research in their learning subjects. 

ADVANTAGES 

i.

 

Analytic method is logical, leaves no doubts and convinces the learner. 

ii.

 

It is suitable method for understanding and discovering. 

iii.

 

The steps, in its procedure, are developed in a general manner. Each step has its reason and 

justification. 

iv.

 

The student is throughout faced with questions and this increases his power at every step. 

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DISADVANTAGES 

i.

 

It is a lengthy method. 

ii.

 

It is difficult to acquire efficiency and speed with this method. 

It may not be applicable to all the topics.