Principle 4: ACTIVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Opportunities to Respond
Rationale: When a teacher uses action responses, this increases students' interest, attention, and pleasure. It makes the content easier to remember and abstract concepts easier to understand. This allows the teacher to monitor the responses of all students quickly and correct errors and clarify misconceptions during instruction.
Description: Students respond with a designated action, such as touching or pointing at a stimulus, responding with gestures, giving hand signals, or acting out an answer. Examples include: Touch/Pointing, Action Out/Responding with Gestures or Facial Expressions, or Hand Signals
Resources:
Archer, A. L. & Hughes C. A. (2011). Explicit instruction: Effective and efficient teaching. (chapter 6)