RULES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING: 3   PROBLEMS WHEN TEACHERS TALK:   1. Students are distracted by the teacher’s facial expressions and body language.   2. Watching the teacher talk interferes with listening.   3. Students overwrite (forget)   previous concepts and details.   4. Diverting eyes from the memory pattern or notes being taken causes more overwriting of input.   SOLUTIONS:   1. Stop making eye contact with students.   2. Insist that students write continuous notes and keep eyes off the teacher's distracting face.   3. Teachers can record their own material during prep time and play it as needed.   4. During recordings teachers can sit by students who are off-task.   5. Teachers can have time to be a model for listening and taking notes.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TEST       problems_________________________ _________________________________   distracted_________________________ _________________________________   interferes_________________________ _________________________________   overwrite_________________________ _________________________________   diverting_________________________ ________________________________   solutions_________________________ _________________________________   eye contact________________________ _________________________________   continuous________________________ _________________________________   eyes off__________________________ ________________________________   record____________________________ _________________________________   off-task__________________________ _________________________________   model____________________________ _________________________________           Copyright 2005 Carl Peterson