100%
What is this strategy?
The 100% strategy is a strategy which includes the mechanisms in which a teacher does not move on to the next activity or statement until the entire class is attentive. In this way, the teacher sets her expectations extremely high, and doesn’t really give any kids the opportunity to be distinctively “bad” or “good.” More specifically, there truly isn’t an option for a kid to be non-compliant within following directions because the teacher will literally not move on to the next order of business until every student is giving 100% of their focus.
Different ways to enhance compliance include inventing ways to maximize visibility, be seen looking for compliance, avoid marginal compliance, and leverage the power of unacknowledged behavioral opportunities.
Wondering how to make corrections to a students behavior involving non-compliance? Here a few different correction technigues!
6 level of corrections:
Nonverbal intervention involves doing a quick gesture or making eye contact with off-task students, letting them know that that you're watching them and you know that they aren't making the best choices.
Positive group correction is to remind students of what they should be doing rather than telling them what they shouldn't be doing. This way, you aren't just reprimanding them uneneccessarily, you are calling them out but also telling them how to fix their behavior.
Anonymous individual correction is when you clearly state the behavior that needs to be fixed, but don't focus on one student individually. This can be done by saying "I need 2 more people to focus," or "all my friends need to have your eyes on me."
Private individual correction allows a teacher to individually reinforce a student without any other students noticing. This reduces the risk of embarrassment for students, which can be extremely unmotivating.
Lightning-quick public correction requires short, positive corrections directed towards specific students. This can include "Sally, I need your eyes." In this case, rather than taking time scolding a student, you correct their behavior and allow them to know what they should be doing.
Conseguences may be necessary if there is no other way to quickly correct a child's misbehavior. Short, external consequences can be beneficial to teachers in that instruction won't be interrupted.
How does this work?
This strategy should work because in order for young students to be able to focus and truly learn, a teacher needs to eliminate as many distractions as possible, in which other students can be huge distractions. If a teacher can get 100% of her students to give 100% of their attention to the topics at hand, then those students with particular behavioral/attention issues will not be able to further distract students who don’t.
Studies show that multi-tasking actually doesn’t exist and isn't even possible- rather the brain is constantly switching from activity to activity one at a time. This proves that students actually can’t learn from a teacher while they are focused on something else, whether it is looking around the classroom or talking to another student.
100% also allows teachers to take on an authoritative teaching style. Authoritative teachers use techniques including high involvement and high warmth, meaning that they truly do care about their students and they prove it to them. These teachers provide democratic teaching styles which do have a lot of rules, but they are all explained thouroughly so that students have a logical understanding of what is accepted and what is not. This teaching style is extremely effective for students, so if the 100% strategy is implemented through this, then it will be sure to make an improvement in your classroom!
How can I implement this strategy in MY classroom?
Specifically in a future classroom of mine, which will be an elementary school classroom, I hope to be able to classically condition my students to give 100% of their attention. I hope to have a specific signal in which the students know that they need to have 100% of their focus on the teacher. For example, I can use a specific code word, or do a specific body motion, to signal the kids to get focused. I also hope to not single kids out and embarrass them because that can be extremely discouraging. I will positively reinforce students who are giving 100%, in a way which other students will want to join in and do the same thing.
For example:
Josh is extremely off task in class. All the students are supposed to be completing a speed multiplication worksheet for which they have 120 seconds to complete. Josh, however, is building a sculpture out of his chewing gum. You, as his wise teacher, must get him focused so that he can finish his worksheet before the timer goes off. In order to get his attention, and have him give 100%, you use the correction technique of private individual correction, meaning that you will quietly walk to his desk and whisper to him something along the lines of, "Josh, I need you to complete your math worksheet so that you can improve your math skills."
The 100% strategy is a strategy which includes the mechanisms in which a teacher does not move on to the next activity or statement until the entire class is attentive. In this way, the teacher sets her expectations extremely high, and doesn’t really give any kids the opportunity to be distinctively “bad” or “good.” More specifically, there truly isn’t an option for a kid to be non-compliant within following directions because the teacher will literally not move on to the next order of business until every student is giving 100% of their focus.
Different ways to enhance compliance include inventing ways to maximize visibility, be seen looking for compliance, avoid marginal compliance, and leverage the power of unacknowledged behavioral opportunities.
Wondering how to make corrections to a students behavior involving non-compliance? Here a few different correction technigues!
6 level of corrections:
Nonverbal intervention involves doing a quick gesture or making eye contact with off-task students, letting them know that that you're watching them and you know that they aren't making the best choices.
Positive group correction is to remind students of what they should be doing rather than telling them what they shouldn't be doing. This way, you aren't just reprimanding them uneneccessarily, you are calling them out but also telling them how to fix their behavior.
Anonymous individual correction is when you clearly state the behavior that needs to be fixed, but don't focus on one student individually. This can be done by saying "I need 2 more people to focus," or "all my friends need to have your eyes on me."
Private individual correction allows a teacher to individually reinforce a student without any other students noticing. This reduces the risk of embarrassment for students, which can be extremely unmotivating.
Lightning-quick public correction requires short, positive corrections directed towards specific students. This can include "Sally, I need your eyes." In this case, rather than taking time scolding a student, you correct their behavior and allow them to know what they should be doing.
Conseguences may be necessary if there is no other way to quickly correct a child's misbehavior. Short, external consequences can be beneficial to teachers in that instruction won't be interrupted.
How does this work?
This strategy should work because in order for young students to be able to focus and truly learn, a teacher needs to eliminate as many distractions as possible, in which other students can be huge distractions. If a teacher can get 100% of her students to give 100% of their attention to the topics at hand, then those students with particular behavioral/attention issues will not be able to further distract students who don’t.
Studies show that multi-tasking actually doesn’t exist and isn't even possible- rather the brain is constantly switching from activity to activity one at a time. This proves that students actually can’t learn from a teacher while they are focused on something else, whether it is looking around the classroom or talking to another student.
100% also allows teachers to take on an authoritative teaching style. Authoritative teachers use techniques including high involvement and high warmth, meaning that they truly do care about their students and they prove it to them. These teachers provide democratic teaching styles which do have a lot of rules, but they are all explained thouroughly so that students have a logical understanding of what is accepted and what is not. This teaching style is extremely effective for students, so if the 100% strategy is implemented through this, then it will be sure to make an improvement in your classroom!
How can I implement this strategy in MY classroom?
Specifically in a future classroom of mine, which will be an elementary school classroom, I hope to be able to classically condition my students to give 100% of their attention. I hope to have a specific signal in which the students know that they need to have 100% of their focus on the teacher. For example, I can use a specific code word, or do a specific body motion, to signal the kids to get focused. I also hope to not single kids out and embarrass them because that can be extremely discouraging. I will positively reinforce students who are giving 100%, in a way which other students will want to join in and do the same thing.
For example:
Josh is extremely off task in class. All the students are supposed to be completing a speed multiplication worksheet for which they have 120 seconds to complete. Josh, however, is building a sculpture out of his chewing gum. You, as his wise teacher, must get him focused so that he can finish his worksheet before the timer goes off. In order to get his attention, and have him give 100%, you use the correction technique of private individual correction, meaning that you will quietly walk to his desk and whisper to him something along the lines of, "Josh, I need you to complete your math worksheet so that you can improve your math skills."