Top Ten Tips # 5
Be specific and clear in your instructions…
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- Get a pupil’s full attention before giving instructions.
- Make sure everyone is looking at you and not fiddling with a pencil, turning around, looking at a book, etc.
- Only give instructions once; repeating can unwittingly train a pupil to not bother to listen properly the first time.
- Smile as you give instructions.
- Don’t be too wordy and don’t imply choice when there actually isn’t a choice by tacking ‘Okay?’ on the end, or sound as though you are merely suggesting, ‘Would you like to …?’ ‘How about …?’ ‘Don’t you think you should …?’
- Be very clear in all your instructions and expectations.
- Have a pupil repeat them back to you.
University of British Columbia
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