Daily Routine
To ensure that expectations were clear, the following daily routine was established:
• Students and teacher met as a whole at the beginning of each class to set the daily agenda.
• Students began and ended the class in promotive group formation in which all members
face each other.
• The teacher completed two on-task analysis each class. This involved observing and
recording each student's work habits twice each fifty minute period.
• Initially the teacher called the students together halfway through the class to discuss
problems and/or share ideas. This time was coined by a student as 'Beefs & Bouquets'.
• Journal writing (reflective time) occurred for the last ten minutes of the period.
• As students neared the end of data collection, the 4MAT System was reviewed.
• The teacher "dropped-in" to each groups at least twice daily