Instructional Time vs. Engaged Time

Principle 2: EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

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Rationale: When a teacher plans their instructional time vs. engaged time, they take into account how much time will be needed for the teaching and modeling portion of the lesson, while maximizing the amount of time students will need to process and respond to the content.

Description: Sometimes new information is so new that students need to first see a visual representation and then require some information directly from their teacher to think about. Other times, it's best to set up a situation connecting to student schema and then group work to follow. Deciding the instructional mode (direct, student-centered, or facilitation) can be as important as choosing the content.

Resources:

Archer, Anita L. Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching. New York: Guilford Press, 2011.

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