Looking back at the strategies

Each of the discussed learning strategies have their benefits and are useful in certain situations. I do not think there is a case of “one strategy fits all”. Teachers may wish to try different strategies for different groups of students and continue with the successful approach.

In my opinion, if we keep the focus on the student, then PBL is the best strategy for engineering courses. It incorporates all the aspects of the students’ learning and manifests it in form of a multi faceted project. In my experience, the students tend to enjoy PBL the most as they find it more challenging and hence more satisfying too, once they accomplish the learning outcomes. 

Interactive learning can play a big part in keeping the students engaged and can lead to a deeper insight into to the subject matter. It also ensures the students to learn by doing embedding understanding of the concepts.

Direct instruction although gives the teacher control over the students and the content to be covered, I do not think it should be used generously in institutes of higher education, such as ours. It makes the students too dependent on the teacher. Hence they fail to explore other different means of learning. I admit there are certain courses that do need to employ this method but its use should be minimal.