... styles is said to be determined by the amount of decisions that the teacher and learner make in the learning process, i.e. the more decisions the teacher makes, the more teacher-centered the style and vice versa. When learning an open skill, there are many factors that can affect the outcome, therefore a command style would be deployed. Whereas when learning a closed skill, a discovery style could be applied, because the skill is not affected by any or few, insignificant factors. A teacher centered approach such as command style could be used when teaching a fine skill, while a discovery style could be employed to teach a gross skill. I will be focusing on 4 main styles. These are command, recovery, guided discovery and discovery. Firstly, command style is the most extreme, teacher-centered style. This is where the teacher makes all decisions and expects no feedback from the student. The task will ...

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