Fact or Bluff

In explicit teaching, there is a need for the teacher to model the behavior to the students.

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Teachers should be specific and direct enough to make learning accessible to all students in the class.

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In explicit teaching, the students restate the lesson objectives back to the teacher in their own words

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The teacher presents the steps both orally and visually to meet needs of learners.

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The teacher explains what the task is, why is it important, and add to it, why it is done.

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The teacher may use a visual model to demonstrate a concept being taught when necessary

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Explicit teaching is teaching-centered.

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Students practice different kinds of problems during the guided practice time.

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Students are deprived of working or completing the task independently.

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The assessment of student performance in explicit teaching must be done formally.

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