Finally ,allow students the choice of Working alone.
Making it mandatory for a student to ask for help or to offer help to a peer reduces the efectiveness of this instructional approach.
3. Do you give students time at the end of the class hour to start their home work, but find that some would rather socialize? If so, try providinz an in-class assignment to be completed by the end of the hour.
Make sure this task is very similar to the homework assignment, as this will provide both you and the students the opportunity to see if they clearly understand the expectations and directions for their homework.
To encourage students to use their time wisely and to keep a productive work environment, let them know you will collect this assignment at the end of the hour as their ticket out of class. Be sure to give students credit for the completed assignment
4. create independent workstations for students to challenge their minds and keep them busy when they finish assignments early. An example of one such independent activity is"Moolah Mystery" (Figure 1.1). Here's show to set this up
a. cut out 26 ilhouettes of a cow. Then, above each silhouette, write a letter of the alphabet and a dollar amount(for instance: A= $2.00 B=$13.50, C=$7.00, D=$4.00, E=$14.00, F=$6.00, etc.).
Staple the silhouettes of cows onto a bulletin board in an orderly manner.
b. Now that you have the workstation ready, it's time to set up the problem to be solved. Think of a particular name, topic, term, or person being studied in class. This will become the answer for the students to guess.
Then, using the dollar amount assigned to each letter of the word. total up the dollar value of he word. For example, based on the dollar amount assigned to the letters above, the word"cafe" would be worth $29.00
c. Finally, create a clue to go along with the answer, and staple it to the bulletin board near the cow silhouettes, For example, "The setting from the novel we are reading is worth $29.00