Secret 1 Parts 6 & 7 (Scroll for More)
Secret 1 Part 6: How to Promote Activity
- Try to follow the 60/40 rule: Students should be talking/doing 60% of the time, and the teacher should be talking/doing the remaining 40 %. (This doesn't mean off topic talking and activity, of course.)
- Plan for engagement:
- Plan questioning ahead of time so that students are constantly answering, thinking, analyzing, deducing, and comparing.
- (See Bloom's Taxonomy resources and ideas.)
- Plan for engagement:
- Plan questioning ahead of time so that students are constantly answering, thinking, analyzing, deducing, and comparing.
- (See Bloom's Taxonomy resources and ideas.)
Secret 1 Part 7: Be Proactive
Being proactive means anticipating typical problems and warding them off before they have a chance to take place.
- See pages 18-19. How are these two examples different?
- See pages 18-19. How are these two examples different?