#170 How to secure 100% student engagement with Pritesh Raichura

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)