{"id":3303,"date":"2011-08-31T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=3303"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:28:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:28:45","slug":"how-to-enhance-student-interaction-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/how-to-enhance-student-interaction-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enhance Student Interaction in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/31student-interaction.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3304\" style=\"border: 4px solid black; margin: 5px 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/31student-interaction.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a>Often the crucial element in a classroom that aids the learning process of the child is student interaction. Students who are full participants in the flow of group instructions are likely to be well-behaved as well as academically engaged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Following are some ideas to maintain student interaction during group lessons:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Match the difficulty level of a question to the ability of the student. If a student&#8217;s answer is incorrect or only partially correct, assist the student by prompting or rephrasing the question so the student can answer it correctly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Have students respond chorally to a teacher&#8217;s question (suitable for younger children).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ask students to elaborate on answers given by other students.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Pose a question to the students. Allow time for every student to think of an answer, before randomly selecting a student to respond (suitable for older students).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">During small group instruction or individual work<\/span>, <span style=\"font-size: small;\">circulate throughout the classroom. C<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">heck in periodically with each student or group. (Visiting students at their desks minimizes student movement and can also reduce opportunities for problem behavior).<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">It helps to keep individual interactions with students brief (less than 30 seconds).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>How do you maintain an interactive environment in your classroom?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From Professional Learning Board\u2019s online continuing education course for teachers: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/positive-behavior-intervention-strategies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  Often the crucial element in a classroom that aids the learning process of the child is student interaction. Students who are full participants in the flow of group instructions are likely to be well-behaved as well as academically engaged.<br \/>\nFollowing are some ideas to maintain student interaction during group lessons:<\/p>\n<p>Match the difficulty level of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38],"tags":[289,288,202,253,256],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3303"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24836,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions\/24836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}