Final (Ch 9-12) Reversed Flashcards
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)
Star/Slant
Prevent nonproductive behavior by developing your ability to see it when it happens and by subtly reminding students that you are looking.
100%, Part 1: Radar/Be Seen Looking
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.
Do It Again
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 2: Make Compliance Visible
Maximize teaching time and minimize “drama” by using the subtlest and least invasive tactic possible to correct off-task students.
100%, Part 3: Least Invasive Intervention
Celebrate the work of learning as you go.
Joy Factor
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]
Batch Process
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.
Strategic Investment: From Procedure to Routine
Affirm your authority through intentional verbal and nonverbal habits, especially at moments when you need control.
Strong Voice
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]
Turn and Talk
Take steps to get compliance without conflict by establishing an environment of purpose and respect and by maintaining your own poise.
100%, Part 4: Firm Calm Finess
Manage your emotions to consistently promote student learning and achievement.
Emotional Constancy
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.
Habits of Discussion
Teach students the simplest and fastest procedure for executing key classroom tasks, then practice so that executing the procedure becomes a routine.
Engineer Efficiency
Use specific, concrete, sequential, and observable directions to tell students what to do, as opposed to what not to do.
What To Do