Science teacher, Pritesh Raichura, shares his insights about how to ensure 100% of our students are listening, thinking and understanding at each stage of a lesson. From All-Hands-Up Cold Calling, to high-frequency checks for listening, this episode is jam-packed with incredible, practical insights. You can access the resources and videos from the episode here: https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/170-how-to-secure-100-student-engagement-with-pritesh-raichura/

Useful time-stamps:

Welcome to Pritesh (06:51)
Pritesh's favourite failure (10:37)
What does Pritiesh mean by attention? (19:25)
What does 100% attention look like? (22:53)
Is 100% attention really achievable? (28:15)
What is the relationship between attention and behaviour? (33:44)
All-Hands-Up Cold Call (46:06)
How do you secure attention when students are practising independently? (1:16:37)
Show Call (1:20:35)
High-frequency checks for listening (1:25:20)
Desks in rows (1:43:05)
S-L-A-N-T (1:58:10)
Silence as a default (2:08:36)
The instruction sandwich (2:18:44)
Making routines work in the classroom when they are not whole-school policies (2:26:51)
The three phases of questioning (2:33:41)
Backload the means of participation (2:45:51)
Turn and Talk (2:52:24)
Mini-whiteboards (3:10:59)
Head down, fist on head for answering multiple choice questions (3:21:38)
Pritesh's Big 3 (3:30:02)

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