Practice Style-B

Develops independent and private practice of a memory/reproduction task while receiving private feedback from the teacher.

Summary

The defining characteristic of the Practice Style is the initiation of independence by making nine decisions while practicing a memory/reproduction task and receiving private and individual feedback from the teacher.     

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The role of the teacher is to select the tasks, present the content to be practiced (according to the…
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Content in Style-B seeks replication of a model and activates memory cognitive operations.
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Overview. Style-B reinforces accurate acquisition of content. A portion of every field requires individuals…
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Learners individually and privately practice the memory/reproduction tasks at their own pace and rhythm…
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Learners make their own location decisions in landmark Style-B... learning to initiate the decision where…
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Learning to restrain from interfering with the private and individual decisions of others is one objective…
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Learners individually and privately practice the memory/reproduction tasks at their own pace and rhythm…
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The role of the teacher is to offer private and individual feedback. A new interaction and relationship…
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The task selection is very important in Style-B. The learner must be able to practice the task with more…
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The beginning shift in independence is lost when teachers stand over a learner for long periods of time…
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Teacher feedback in both content and behavior is critical for accurate acquisition of content and for…
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Look at the following series of culinary pictures. They represent the sequence of this ubiquitous teaching…
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Next the learners individually and privately practice the given tasks.
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Practice requires remembering what to do. Prepared task sheets are valuable for maintaining the content…
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Students learn that proficient performance is related to repeated practice and appropriate feedback
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During the private practice, the teacher circulates among the learners offering private and individual…
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The 1:1 feedback initiates a private and individual relationship between the teacher and learner. Both…
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This picture represents the way parents introduce independence to their children. Before a child is able…
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All professions have memory/reproduction situations where feedback is provided by a supervisor or a more…
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The teacher's content knowledge is critical for achieving accurate and, in many tasks, safe performance.
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Students need both corrective and positive feedback when practicing. Focusing on only errors will discourage…
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In many situations, learners need to initiate questions for clarifications. In situations where content…
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In many situations, learners need to initiate questions for clarifications. In situations where content…
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When learners are confused, refocus the learner to the error. If the learner is highly successful in…
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When the teacher, coach or boss's feedback is skilled and insightful, it can protect the learner and…
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The learning opportunities offered to students either enhance or hinder their development.
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Parents begin to teach by showing their child new skills, experiences, and new life routines.
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Parents demonstrate and guide new experiences. They practice with the intent that independence will ultimately…
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Safety requires that close observation be maintained until content attainment is achieved. Content acquisition…
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Participating with an adult stablishes/reinforces the task and provides the security needed for children…
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Parents teach hobbies by showing and sharing what they know. Skills are acquired through content clarification…
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Accuracy in performance leads to content attainment; it also can lead to less parental, teacher or supervisor…
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The role of the teacher is to present the content to be practiced (according to the needs of the learners);…
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Each learner initiates making nine decisions while privately and individually practicing the tasks within…
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The role of the teacher is to circulate among the learners to offer private and individual feedback.…
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Closure comments focus on both the subject matter performance and the decision-making process. The teacher…
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The Anatomy

In the Practice Style, the teacher’s role (T) is to make all subject matter and logistical decisions (pre-impact decisions) and to provide private feedback to the learners (post-impact decisions). The role of the learner (L) is to individually and privately practice a memory/reproduction task while making nine specific decisions:  location, order of the task, starting time per task, pace and rhythm, stopping time per task, interval, initiating questions for clarification, attire and appearance, and posture.  These decisions are the initial decisions for the development of independence. 


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*The arrow represents the decision shift from the Command Style-A to the Practice Style-B.

Subject Matter Objectives

When the Practice Style is achieved, the following subject matter objectives are emphasized:*

  • To practice by oneself reproducing the model
  • To activate memory cognitive operations necessary for the task
  • To acquire and internalize content from private practice
  • To realize that proficient performance is related to task repetition
  • To realize that proficient performance is related to knowledge of results through feedback
  • Others

Behavior Objectives

When the Practice Style is achieved, the following behavioral objectives are emphasized:*

  • To experience the beginning of independence by making the nine decisions
  • To develop initiating skills in the nine decisions
  • To realize that decision making accommodates learning the task
  • To initiate an individual and private relationship between the teacher and learner
  • To learn to respect others' rights to make decisions in the nine categories
  • To learn to be accountable for the consequence of each decision, for example:
  • Relationship between time and tasks
  • Regulation of one's pace and rhythm
  • Consequences of use of time
  • To develop trust in shifting and making the nine decisions
  • Others

*Not all subject matter and behavior objectives are the focal point in every teaching episode.  The task determines which objectives are the primary focus of the learning experience and which are supporting objectives.

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