Have you ever delivered a really clear teacher explanation and used lots of checks for listening to ensure your class was paying attention, only to find that when you ask your class a question to check for understanding they respond with: In this blog, I explore why this happens and what we can do to … Continue reading The Three Phases of Questioning| Bunsen Blue
It is natural for students to lose attention during an explanation. In this post, I share two of the highest leverage strategies you can use to secure 100% attention. I explain why this should be our goal in my previous post. Strategy 1: All Hands Up Cold Calling I disagree with the way lots of … Continue reading Checks for Listening: 100% Participation| Bunsen Blue
At any given moment in a lesson students are either engaged or they are coasting. When they are engaged, students are paying attention, thinking hard and learning. When they are daydreaming, off-ta…| Bunsen Blue
Achieving 100% student attention is not easy. But there are lots of things school leaders and teachers can do to make it easier. In the first post in this series, I explained why 100% attention fro…| Bunsen Blue
