When momentum is effectively maintained, students experience smooth and rapid transitions from one event to another. |
Eight Categories of Momentum Moves
The eight categories of Momentum behaviors are an eclectic group, comprising items that pertain to maintaining or at least enabling student involvement in learning experiences, as all other management areas of performance do. But unlike the behaviors in other management areas of performance, which can be associated with other missions, these eight do not fit any other area of performance and are primarily aimed at Momentum. They are (1) provisioning, (2) overlapping, (3) fillers, (4) intrusions, (5) lesson flexibility, (6) advance notice, (7) subdividing, and (8) anticipation.
Teachers who experience difficulty in this area can often benefit from running advance mental movies of the day they have planned, especially if they do so out loud in the company of a colleague who’s helping them problem-solve momentum issues. |
When we notice that attention is fading we need to ask ourselves how long it has been since students last moved.
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