A: Activate Effort

In Section A, teachers examine the three tiers required to get students thinking and working.

Tier 1: Remediate Prerequisite Knowledge Precisely.

Teachers examine how to determine if students have sufficient prior knowledge to embark on our lessons and how to efficiently remediate any deficiencies.

Tier 2: Enlighten Students Concisely.

Teachers examine how to provide information that is concise, clear and brief, to maximize student attention and prevent confusion.

Tier 3: Initiate Tasks That Require Escalating Effort.

Teachers examine how to create tasks that appropriately challenge all levels of students and sustain their effort.

B: Build Understanding

In Section B, teachers examine the four tiers required to get students to fully understand what they have learned.

Tier 4: Provide Sufficient Examples and Question Students.

Teachers examine how to use examples to create curiosity and to prevent students from forming misconceptions, and how to question students to effectively discern their understanding.

Tier 5: Build Mastery through Successful Practice.

Teachers examine how to provide practice and feedback so that students can master the material.

Tier 6: Connect Thoughts into a Coherent Whole.

Teachers examine how to make their lessons coherent, logically connected as a unified whole, so that students can both appreciate the larger picture and retain the details within.

Tier 7: Frequently and Accurately Assess Learning.

Teachers examine how to create assignments, projects, and tests that validly assess students’ understanding and provide sufficient feedback to allow them to improve.

C: Create Collaboration

In Section C, teachers examine the three tiers required to get students working together effectively.

Tier 8: Command Attention.

Teachers examine how to hold students’ attention and keep everyone on task.

Tier 9: Require Responsibility and Respectfulness.

Teachers examine how to induce students to respect authority and submit their completed assignments on time.

Tier 10: Turn Groups into Teams.

Teachers examine how to create a classroom environment in which students are truly working collaboratively.