Anita Archer

I had the opportunity to attend a conference this summer where the presenter was Anita Archer. She is amazing. Talk about a master teacher. She totally understands the importance of student engagement and explicit instruction. The topic of her conference was Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching. Below are some brief quotes and bits of information she presented…

Underlying Principles of Explicit Instruction

Variables related to student achievement/learning:

· Optimizing Academic Learning Time

· Optimizing Content Coverage

· Grouping for Instruction

· Scaffolding Instruction

· Addressing Different Forms/Levels of Knowledge

Guided and supported practice results in high levels of student success.

The more student responses required, the more they are engaged in the academic task.

The more you teach and how well you teach it = the more students learn

MODEL EVERYTHING!!!

Connect and interact with all students.

Monitor student responses:

WALK AROUND, LOOK AROUND, TALK AROUND.