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Giving Great Instructions In Class

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Giving Great Instructions In Class

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  1. Instruction StrategiesEnsuring students understand instructions.

  2. Why focus on instructions? Classroom Management Sets the scene for learning Students have to understand instructions in order to learn It’s personal: I need to improve

  3. Clarifying Terms ELN – Exceptional Learning Needs Instructions – Directions teacher would like their students to follow.

  4. What makes good instructions? • Explicit • Worded clearly • Worded simply • Concrete • Listed – not paragraphed • Steps • Materials • Multiple representations • Bite size

  5. Why are instructions so important? • Critical component of teaching • Unlocks door to learning • Confusion eliminated • Frustration reduced • Memory enhanced • What’s clear to us may not be clear to our students.

  6. 5 Keys for Improving Instructions • Gain Students’ Full Attention • Provide Written and Oral Instructions • Repeat Instructions • Chunk Instructions • Solicit Tell-Back and Show-Mes

  7. #1 Gain Students’ Full Attention • Two-cue system • Begin instruction when everyone is attentive Why does this strategy work? • Helps ENL students attention shift • Attention is ensured • ADHD • Eliminates Confusion

  8. Example of an Attention Getter

  9. #2 Provide Written and Oral Instructions • Not all students process information the same way • Written increases student performance • Written instructions provide a reference Why does this strategy work? • Perception improves • Confusion is eliminated • Sequencing is facilitated • Frustration is reduced

  10. What kinds of written instructions? • Handouts • White board • Power point slide • Note: instructions should be bulleted (no paragraphed) as much as possible.

  11. #3 Repeat Instructions • Repeat instructions 3 times • Increases brain’s ability to attend and learn new material • Sharpens brain’s ability to recognize words • Dyslexia Why does this strategy work? • Sequencing is facilitated • Confusion is eliminated • Memory is enhanced • Frustration is reduced

  12. #4 Chunk Instructions • Chunking= small, meaningful units of information • Reduce activity into smaller tasks • Learner only needs to remember short strings of information Why does this strategy work? • Makes instructions easier to remember • Confusion is eliminated • Memory is enhanced • Frustration is decreased

  13. #5 Solicit Tell-Backs and Show-Mes • ENL students struggle with verbal comprehension due to biological reasons (not lack of effort) • Ask: • Tell me what you’re supposed to do. • Show me what you’re supposed to do. Why does this strategy work? • Confusion is eliminated • Memory is enhanced • Metacognition is increased • Frustration is eliminated

  14. Let’s Review CLICK THIS LINK! Giving Great Instructions: An Example • Gain Students’ Full Attention • Attention Getter • Provide Written and Oral Instructions • Handout, Power Point, Whiteboard • Repeat Instructions • 3xs • Chunk Instructions • One step at a time • Solict Tell-Backs and Show-Mes • Check for understanding: • Tell me/show me what you’re supposed to do.

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