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Technique7: 4 Ms
A great lesson objective and therefore a great lesson should be Manageable, Measureable, Made first, and Most important on the path to college (Todd McKee).
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Great objectives are manageable (has size & scope to be taught in a single lesson);
measureable (success can be determined by the end of class); made first (guides activities); (Not executed live in front of students; it’s the preparation done before teaching. This
and most important (focuses on the most essential learning there is).
technique will result in student learning driven by useful, effective lesson objectives)
Technique 9: Shortest Path
All things being equal, the simplest explanation or strategy is the best; opt for the most direct route from point to point.
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Mastery of the objective is the main criterion and the best strategy for achieving it is what Is focused on the lesson objectivity;
gets you to mastery best and fastest.
Experiences reduced distractions
Technique 10: Double Plan
It’s as important to plan for what students will be doing during each phase of a lesson as it is to plan for what you will be doing and saying.
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Too often, planning only focusing on what the teacher is doing and fails to account for what What students will do during the lesson? Taking notes? Writing Summaries?
the student does. Thinking and planning for what students will do allows you to see your
lesson through their eyes and keeps them productively engaged. Use a T-Chart with “You”
on one side and “Them” on the other
Technique 11: Draw the Map
Control the physical environment to support the specific lesson goal for the day
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Include space planning as a part of lesson planning. Think about the way you want students’ Environment around them supports learning; walls communicate information and
bodies engaged in a lesson as well as their minds. You have to be able to get anywhere in the motivation about learning
room and within a foot of any student at all times. The walls in the rooms should avoid
overstimulation and distraction; walls should be functional not just decorative and
motivating
Technique 16: Break it Down
In regards to student error or guess, conceptualize the original material as a series of smaller, simpler pieces; build a student’s knowledge back up from a point of partial understanding.
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Go back and ask a question or present information that bridges the part of the material that Commits error but whose learning is then facilitated to result in a correct answer
they think most likely caused the error
Provide the smallest hint possible and yet still enable a student to answer correctly
Provide an answer, context, rule or missing (or first) step; rollback (repeat answer back);
eliminate false choices (take away incorrect possibilities).
Technique 18: Check for Understanding
Gather data constantly on what students can do while you’re teaching and act immediately on that knowledge to inform what you do next and how you do it.
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Check for understanding and do something about it “right away”
Gives off data on the degree of their understanding and mastery of content through the
Gather data (think of answers to your questions as data); use questions to generate a deeper answers they provide
understanding that you can act on; observation (students indicating non-verbally that they
have achieved mastery)
Respond to the data; the shorter the delay between recognizing a lack of mastery and fixing
it the more likely the intervention will be effective; Fixing it can include re-teaching by: a
different approach; identifying and re-teaching the problem step; identifying and explaining
difficult terms; a slower pace; using a different order; and identifying students of concern.
Technique 23: Call and Response
Use group choral response – you ask; they answer in unison – to build a culture of energetic, positive engagement.
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Use to accomplish academic review and reinforcement, high-energy fun, and behavioral Provides answers with other classmates.
reinforcement. Types include repeat, report, reinforce, review and solve.