This month we speak to John Fleming about
explicit instruction in the classroom.
Not exact matches
Explicit instruction on cognitive strategies that can help students learn how to learn may have a positive impact on both academic performance and
classroom management by emphasizing that students are
in charge of their own behavior and learning.
I used
in my own
classroom explicit instruction techniques.
Teachers, for example, are observed
in their
classrooms five times throughout the year and rated on nine
explicit criteria that the district uses to define effective
instruction, including how well they explain concepts and if they check for student understanding.
Only one
in 10 elementary
classrooms across the country emphasizes the development of cognitive skills; other researchers have advocated for
explicit instruction of metacognitive, cognitive, and other strategies to facilitate the process of learning as a way to engage and motivate middle and high school students.
Curricular changes to incorporate
explicit instruction on neuroplasticity, metacognition, and practical strategies to transform
classrooms into positive learning environments
in which students feel safe, accepted, encouraged to take intellectual risks, empowered to take charge of their learning, and motivated to persist through the work required to progress academically;
To better meet these students» needs, schools should promote bilingualism and biliteracy development
in grades K - 12, offer professional development to teachers on how to integrate
explicit language and literacy
instruction aimed at the long - term English language learners
in their
classrooms, develop specialized programs that differ from those targeting newly arrived students, and offer native language arts programs that focus on developing native language literacy.
Explicit Direct
Instruction: The Power of the Well - Crafted, Well - Taught Lesson was published
in 2009, and since then authors John Hollingsworth and Dr. Silvia Ybarra have forged a path through the Common Core State Standards, visited hundreds more
classrooms, and fine - tuned their EDI strategies.
The majority of
explicit SEL
instruction will take place through activities, individual and group conversations, and verbal transparency
in Pod Time; however, SEL is also a mindset that all staff will be committed to modeling
in every interaction:
in the
classroom, amongst staff, and
in family and community relationships.
These outcomes can be described and monitored measurably as annual goals
in an Individual Education Program (IEP) and implemented through direct,
explicit instruction in a special education
classroom (
in Pennsylvania, there are programs that provide «emotional support» and others that provide «autistic support,» and most states have similar vehicles).