Marjan Glavac

Hello criss

Marjan Glavac here.

As promised, here is tip number 4 of Adam Waxler's Classroom Management Tips e-Course

This is one tip I'm definitely going to implement as soon as possible in my own class.

Enjoy!

Marjan

Classroom Management Tips e-Course
Part IV: Be Specific

In the last part of this course I discussed the connection between student confusion and classroom management. Another way teachers can reduce student confusion is by "being specific" with their directions.

For example, there is a big difference between these two statements:

"Take a few minutes to answer the questions."

And...

"Take 3 minutes to write down answers to questions 1 through 5 on your own."

See the difference.

Now, of course, the next step would be to check-for-understanding (last week's tip) by simply having a student repeat back the directions.
Actually, I would have one student repeat back how much time the students have to complete the task, another student to repeat which questions they are going to answer, and I would ask a third student who they were allowed to work with on the assignment.

Speaking of being specific, did you notice that I attached a very specific time limit to the task? This is important. Whenever you put students on a particular task make sure to attach a very specific time limit. In other words,you are putting your students "on-the-clock".

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criss your last tip (#5) will arrive in just three days and Adam's
saved the best for the last.

Ever have students who procrastinate?

Want it to stop?

In 3 days, he'll show you a simple way to end student procrastination...

All the best,

Marjan Glavac

London, Ontario

CA

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