Mr. Clements is a returning fifth-grade teacher who plans creative lessons based on grade level expectations and his students’ current level of readiness. He is careful to plan the lessons in ways which appeal to his students and encourages
participation using carefully thought out questions and prompts. Mr. Clements is surprised when this year’s students are not mastering the content. Which area of Slavin’s QAIT model should Mr. Clements address?
a) Quality of instruction
b) Appropriate level of instruction
c) Incentive
d) Time
d For instruction to be effective, Slavin proposed that each of the four elements in the QAIT model must be adequate. These four areas are quality of instruction, appropriate levels of instruction, incentives and time. Since Mr. Clements has already addressed the quality of instruction, appropriate level of instruction and incentive, the best answer is TIME (D).
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