Tool: Defining and teaching routines to promote learning
Routines make life predictable for students, provide them opportunities to behave competently, help activity proceed in a satisfying way and save time--if they are taught, as distinct from told. They are maintained by teaching. Treated as rules to enforce, they become just another source of conflict between teacher and students.
| Defining and teaching routines to save time and promote learning* |
Types and purposes |
Specific routines |
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Efficient? |
Supports learning? |
Class-running routines conserve time for teaching and learning. |
Class opening (greeting, attendance, mental set) |
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| Transitions to and from major activities. |
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Lesson-running routines directly support and guide instructional activity. |
Homework check (review problems; collect papers) |
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| Independent practice at seats |
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Interaction routines define who talks with whom, how and when. |
Choosing who speaks during discussion |
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| Active listening in small groups |
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*Adapted from Weinstein, C.S., & Mignano, A.J. (2003). Elementary/Secondary classroom management: Lessons from research and practice. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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