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Co-Instruction Strategies
Co-Teaching at ECU
Co-Instruction Strategies
Parallel Teaching
In this approach, each teacher instructs half the students.
The two teachers are addressing the same instructional material using the same teaching strategies.
Benefits
Provides effective review format
Encourages student responses
Reduces student-teacher ratio for group instruction/review
Examples
Students are divided into mixed ability groups, both teachers lead a question / answer discussion on a specific current event and the impact it has on the economy.
Non-Examples
Students are divided into two groups, teaching responsibilities and tasks are divided between two teachers.
Students are divided by ability, both teachers teach a concept or skills using different teaching strategies.
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Supplemental Teaching
