Final (Ch 9-12) Flashcards
Habits of Discussion
Make your discussions more productive and enjoyable by normalizing a set of ground rules or “habits” that allow discussion to be more efficiently cohesive and connected.
Discussion Fundamentals
Voice (speak up)
Tracking (the speaker)
Names
Turn and Talk
Encourage students to better formulate their thoughts by including short, contained pair discussions - but make sure to design them for maximum efficiency and accountability. [GUIDE THEM]
Batch Process
Give more ownership and autonomy to students - particularly when your goal is a discussion - by allowing for student discussion without teacher mediation for short periods of time or for longer, more formal sequences. [Group discussion w/o teacher interference]
Threshold
Meet your students at the door, setting expectations before they enter the classroom.
Strong Start
Design and establish an efficient routine for students to enter the classroom and begin class.
STAR/SLANT
Teach students key behaviors for learning, such as sitting up in class and tracking the speaker, by using a memorable acronym such as STAR (Sit up, Track the speaker, Ask and answer questions like a scholar, Respect those around you) or SLANT (Sit up, Listen, Ask and answer questions, Nod your head, Track the speaker)
Engineer Efficiency
Teach students the simplest and fastest procedure for executing key classroom tasks, then practice so that executing the procedure becomes a routine.
Strategic Investment: From Procedure to Routine
Turn procedures into routines by rehearsing and reinforcing until excellence becomes habitual. Routinizing a key procedure requires clear expectations, consistency, and, most important, patience. Even so, it’s almost always worth it.
Do It Again
Give students more practice when they’re not up to speed - not just doing something again, but doing it better, striving to do their best.
100%, Part 1: Radar/Be Seen Looking
Prevent nonproductive behavior by developing your ability to see it when it happens and by subtly reminding students that you are looking.
100%, Part 2: Make Compliance Visible
Ensure that students follow through on a request in an immediate and visible way by setting a standard that’s more demanding than marginal compliance. Be judicious in what you ask for, specifically because it will uphold the standard of compliance.
100%, Part 3: Least Invasive Intervention
Maximize teaching time and minimize “drama” by using the subtlest and least invasive tactic possible to correct off-task students.
100%, Part 4: Firm Calm Finess
Take steps to get compliance without conflict by establishing an environment of purpose and respect and by maintaining your own poise.
100%, Part 5: Art of the Consequence
Ensure that consequences, when needed, are more effective by making them quick, incremental, consistent, and depersonalized. It also helps to make a bounce-back statement, showing students that they can quickly get back in the game.
