Expected Changes in Student Behaviors
What Students Usually Do
What I expect You to Do
Try to figure out “the teacher’s answer” to
a classroom question.
Think about what the question is asking
and what you know or think about the
topic. Be ready to respond with your
answer.
Tune out if they are unsure of an answer.
Persist in thinking about what the question
is asking, and identify what you know or
think about the topic.
Raise their hands if they think they have
the “right” answer.
Do not raise your hand, but be ready to
respond with your answer if the teacher
calls on you.
Become uncomfortable or embarrassed if
the teacher or classmates are silent after
they answer a question.
Use the pause after you respond to a
question to think- and then add to your
response or change it if you think it was
incorrect.
Interrupt or try to speak immediately
when they think they can add to or correct
a classmate’s answer.
Provide your classmates with time to think
after they stop talking so they can extend
or correct their responses.
Listen to the teacher’s answers to
questions, not to one another.
Listen to your classmates’ answers;
compare your own answer to the
speaker’s; learn from one another.