When students know what's expected of them, where to go to get the work and how much time they have they are more likely to stay on task until completion.
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Classroomscreen.com lets you accomplish this at the click of a button. Setting visual timers, using visuals, identify next steps, get lesson feedback (take the classroom pulse) and posting instructions right in front of the class where it's accessible to all are all.
Getting to a destination with everyone in tow, having done the best work they can do can made easier in a busy classroom.
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Set due dates and times to check-in on student progress. Students can "turn-in" documents and un-submit once they've past the check point.
Everyone likes to know what to do, when it's due and how to do what you're asking them, while not losing that information...which we all do.
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Embedding your learning goals, instructions, success criteria and making your goals digital and accessible in your assignments helps everyone know what to do and come back to it if they get lost
You could use these bigger, fancier words to describe this kind of student need.
Learning Skills: Responsibility
Executive Functioning: Goal Direction and Persistence
Executive Functioning: Time Management
Executive Functioning: Response Inhibition
Executive Functioning: Sustained Attention