How students spend their time in school, and the quality of that time, significantly affects their learning outcomes. |
Areas of Performance Related to Increasing Engaged Time
Many of the areas of performance discussed in other chapters can serve as direct resources for positively influencing student engaged time and time on task. Table 8.1 is a list of other areas of performance related to increasing engaged time and specific subcategories that are most relevant to this topic.
All of these areas of performance afford us resources and ideas to increase our capacity to influence student engagement. Most of them also serve as resources to maximize academic learning time—the most significant time of all regarding student achievement.
Effective time management requires teachers to pay attention not only to the quantity of time but also to how that time is allocated and used. |
The bottom line in managing time is maximizing student-engaged and high-success time. |